Tumours

Correspondence and notes relating to male patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 73 at first examination in 1957. Conditions mentioned include: headache; asthma; and tumour. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, correspondence, charts and notes relating to male patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 10 at first examination in 1957. Conditions mentioned include: diabetes insipidus; hypothalamic tumour; and homonymous hemianopia. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary and correspondence relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 57 at first examination in 1957. Conditions mentioned include: paraparesis; backache; and bone tumour deposits. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Correspondence and notes relating to female patinet from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 12 at first examination in 1957. Conditions mentioned include: paresis; blind; and tumour. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Correspondence and notes relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 71 at first examination in 1957. Conditions mentioned include: facial palsy; tumour; and atonia. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, notes, reports and charts relating to male from Great Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 47 at first examination in 1957. Conditions mentioned include: intractable pain; pancoast tumour; and limb weakness. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Notes relating to female patient from Great Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 4 at first examination in 1957. Conditions mentioned include: loss of vision; and tumour. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, notes, reports and correspondence relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 32 at first examination in 1958. Conditions mentioned include: headache; epilepsy; and tumour. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary and correspondence relating to male patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians first examined in 1958. Conditions mentioned include: pancost tumour; and intractable pain. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Series of six illustrations on one page depicting four masses in a child's brain, likely brain tumours (e.g. glioblastoma) which are having a mass effect, casing brain tissue to be shifted to the left. A craniotomy is preformed, one of the tumours is exposed, arteries supplying the tumour are ligated, and the tumour is removed.