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Astrocytoma

 Subject
Subject Source: Medical Subject Headings
Scope Note: Notes = Neoplasms of the brain and spinal cord derived from glial cells which vary from histologically benign forms to highly anaplastic and malignant tumors. Fibrillary astrocytomas are the most common type and may be classified in order of increasing malignancy (grades I through IV). In the first two decades of life, astrocytomas tend to originate in the cerebellar hemispheres; in adults, they most frequently arise in the cerebrum and frequently undergo malignant transformation.,Created For = LHSA-Dott

Found in 440 Collections and/or Records:

PR2.14404, 1954

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.14404
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, photograph, autopsy report, note, reports, charts and x-ray film relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 32 at first examination in 1954. Conditions mentioned include: dizziness; headache; vomiting; and astrocytoma. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

Dates: 1954

PR2.14454, 1954-1955

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.14454
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, photographic slides, report, notes, charts and correspondence relating to female from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 55 at first examination in 1954. Conditions mentioned include: meningioma; astrocytoma; limb spasticity; fits; and dysphasia. Surgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1954-1955

PR2.14518, 1954-1961

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.14518
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, correspondence, notes, reports and charts relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 48 at first examination in 1954. Conditions mentioned include: cystic astrocytoma; weakness; gait disorder; vomiting; weight loss; amnesia; speech disorder; language defects; hemiparesis; subdural haematoma; epilepsy; seizures; and osteoarthritis. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1954-1961

PR2.14531, 1954-1963

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.14531
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, autopsy report, charts, reports, notes and correspondence relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 34 at first examination in 1954. Conditions mentioned include: gliosis; astrocytoma; hemianopia; expressive dysphasia; and epileptic attack. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

Dates: 1954-1963

PR2.14583, 1954-1955

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.14583
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, reports and charts relating to female from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 42 at first examination in 1954. Conditions mentioned include: astrocytoma; hydrocephalus; glioblastoma; facio-brachial paresis; incontinence; dyspahsia; and intracranial pressure. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1954-1955

PR2.14590, 1954-1955

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.14590
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, notes, reports, charts and correspondence relating to female from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 49 at first examination in 1954. Conditions mentioned include: oligo-astrocytoma; astro-oligodenro-glioma; extra-dural haematoma; epileptic attacks; hemiparesis; and 6th cranial nerve paralysis. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1954-1955

PR2.14631, 1954-1955

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.14631
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary and correspondence relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 53 at first examination in 1954. Conditions mentioned include: astrocytoma; epilepsy; memory defect; dysarthria; and ataxic gait. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1954-1955

PR2.14650, 1954-1955

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.14650
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, charts, reports and correspondence relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 39 at first examination in 1954. Conditions mentioned include: glioblastoma multiforme; astrocytoma; intracranial hypertension; headaches; cerebral tumour; and ventricular cyst. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1954-1955

PR2.14671, 1955

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.14671
Scope and Contents

Notes, reports, chart and correspondence relating to male patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 58 at first examination in 1955. Conditions mentioned include: hemiparesis; and astrocytoma. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1955

PR2.14776, 1955

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.14776
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, notes, charts, reports and correspondence relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 67 at first examination in 1955. Conditions mentioned include: confusion; nausea; dysphasia; astrocytoma; and glioblastoma multiforme. Surgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1955