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Neuroma, Acoustic

 Subject
Subject Source: Medical Subject Headings
Scope Note: Notes = A benign SCHWANNOMA of the eighth cranial nerve ( VESTIBULOCOCHLEAR NERVE), mostly arising from the vestibular branch ( VESTIBULAR NERVE) during the fifth or sixth decade of life. Clinical manifestations include HEARING LOSS; HEADACHE; VERTIGO; TINNITUS; and FACIAL PAIN.,Created For = LHSA-Dott

Found in 121 Collections and/or Records:

'Acoustic Neuromas - the desirability and practicability of total removal', October 1961

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Identifier: Coll-32/D.154
Scope and Contents

Lecture by Norman Dott, 'Acoustic Neuromas - the desirability and practicability of total removal'. The paper was given at the Second International Congress of Neurological Surgery, Washington D.C., dated October 1961. The material consists of a synopsis, the text of the lecture, and a list of slides.

Dates: October 1961

C.S.F. Circulation: Case of acoustic neuroma, c.1950

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Identifier: LHB1/61A/94/2/6
Scope and Contents

Demonstration board, Board 6, presented by Professor Dott and Staff with an x-ray of a patient's head. Notes accompanying the board describe the condition. Titled "C.S.F. Circulation: Subarachnoid Fluid Propulsion and Accumulations".

Dates: c.1950

PR1.40, 1927

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/20/PR1.40
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, photographs, reports, charts and correspondence relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians), aged 20 at first examination in 1927. Conditions mentioned include: acoustic neuroma. Surgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

Dates: 1927

PR1.50, 1927-1950

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/20/PR1.50
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, charts, reports, photographs, notes and correspondence relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians, aged 40 at first examination in 1927. Conditions mentioned include: anosmia; vertigo; hemianopia; hypesthesia; acoustic neuroma; and meningocytoma. Surgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1927-1950

PR2.68, 1941-1942

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.68
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, charts, reports and correspondence relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 48 at first examination in 1941. Conditions mentioned include: headache; deafness; dizziness; failure of vision; neurosyphilis; intracranial pressure; and acoustic neuroma. Surgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1941-1942

PR1.107, 1928

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/20/PR1.107
Scope and Contents

Notes and correspondence relating to female patientfrom Edinburgh and the Lothians, aged 79 at first examination in 1928. Conditions mentioned include: headache; tinnitus; facial paralysis; and acoustic neuroma. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1928

PR1.170, 1928-1929

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/20/PR1.170
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, charts, reports, notes and correspondence relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 21 at first examination in 1929. Conditions mentioned include: hydrocephalus; and acoustic neuroma. Surgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

Dates: 1928-1929

PR1.238, 1930-1934

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/20/PR1.238
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, notes, charts, reports, nurses' report book and correspondence relating to female patient from Great Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 35 at first examination in 1930. Conditions mentioned include: headache; diplopia; and acoustic neuroma. Surgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1930-1934

PR1.243, 1930-1935

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/20/PR1.243
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, notes, charts, reports, nurses' report book and correspondence relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 29 at first examination in 1930. Conditions mentioned include: blindness; and acoustic neuroma. Surgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1930-1935

PR1.251, 1930-1943

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/20/PR1.251
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, notes, reports, photographs, charts, nurses' report book and correspondence relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 32 at first examination in 1930. Conditions mentioned include: acoustic neuroma. Surgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1930-1943