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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:

PR2.12021, 1953-1959

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.12021
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, correspondence, notes, charts and reports relating to female from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 53 at first examination in 1953. Conditions mentioned include: acoustic neuroma; papilloedema; eyewatering; deafness; gait disorder; dizziness; pain; vision disorder; tinnitus; personality change; and facial weakness. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1953-1959

PR2.12747, 1953

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.12747
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, reports, charts, notes and correspondence relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 43 at first examination in 1953. Conditions mentioned include: acoustic neurinoma; deafness; nystagmus; papilloedema; and brainstem compression. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1953

PR2.12890, 1953

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.12890
Scope and Contents

Autopsy report, photograph, note and correspondence relating to female patient from Great Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 29 at first examination in 1953. Conditions mentioned include: acoustic neuroma; epileptic fits; lesion of posterior fossa; and neurofibroma. No treatment given. Patient not examined.

Dates: 1953

PR2.13035, 1953

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.13035
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, report, charts, notes and correspondence relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 68 at first examination in 1953. Conditions mentioned include: acoustic neuroma; tinnitus; deafness; and unsteadiness in walking. Surgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1953

PR2.13051, 1953-1956

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.13051
Scope and Contents

Typed correspondence, notes, charts and photographs relating to male patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 72 at first examination in 1953. Conditions mentioned include: deafness; tinnitius; dizziness; unsteadiness; nystagmus; ataxia; acoustic neuroma; and herpes zoster. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1953-1956

PR2.13084, 1952-1954

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.13084
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, correspondence, notes and charts relating to male patient from outside Great Britain aged 73 at first examination in 1953. Conditions mentioned include: acoustic neuroma; vertigo; deafness; facial pain; numbness; gait disorder; unconsciousness; amnesia; vomiting; vision disorder; nystagmus; arteriosclerotis; and akinetic Parkinsonism. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1952-1954

PR2.14030, 1954-1963

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.14030
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, charts, reports and correspondence relating to female from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 55 at first examination in 1954. Conditions mentioned include: vomiting; headaches; insomnia; deafness; papilloedema; acoustic neurinoma; intracranial pressure; schwannoma; attacks of unsteadiness; and facial spasms. Surgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1954-1963

PR2.14542, 1954-1959

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.14542
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary and correspondence relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 39 at first examination in 1954. Conditions mentioned include: headaches; acoustic neuroma; cranial nerve palsies; and facial palsy. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1954-1959

PR2.14898, 1954-1963

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.14898
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, correspondence, notes, charts and reports relating to male from outside Great Britain aged 44 at first examination in 1955. Conditions mentioned include: acoustic neurinoma; hydrocephalus; arachnoiditis; deafness; tinnitus; vomiting; diplopia; headaches; instability; vertigo; numbness; difficulty swallowing; and ataxia. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1954-1963

PR2.15657, 1955-1960

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.15657
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, correspondence, reports, autopsy report, notes, charts, and black-and-white photographs relating to female from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 44 at first examination in 1955. Conditions mentioned include: papilloedema; ataxia; nystagmus; acoustic neuroma; apnoea; palsies; broncho-pneumonia; tumour; and hydrocephalus. Surgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

Dates: 1955-1960