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Tuberculosis, Meningeal

 Subject
Subject Source: Medical Subject Headings
Scope Note: Notes = A form of bacterial meningitis caused by MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS or rarely MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS. The organism seeds the meninges and forms microtuberculomas which subsequently rupture. The clinical course tends to be subacute, with progressions occurring over a period of several days or longer. Headache and meningeal irritation may be followed by SEIZURES, cranial neuropathies, focal neurologic deficits, somnolence, and eventually COMA. ,Created For = LHSA-Dott

Found in 85 Collections and/or Records:

PR1.1759, 1939

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/20/PR1.1759
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, autopsy report, correspondence and charts relating to female from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 14 at first examination in 1939. Conditions mentioned include: lobar pneumonia; sleepiness; vomiting; headache; hyperaesthesia; and tuberculous meningitis. Surgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

Dates: 1939

PR2.1604, 1943

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.1604
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, charts, autopsy report, reports and correspondence relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 16 at first examination in 1943. Conditions mentioned include: tuberculous leptomeningitis; head injury; and headache. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

Dates: 1943

PR2.2079, 1943

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.2079
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 24 at first examination in 1943. Conditions mentioned include: tuberculous meningitis; facial paralysis; and headache. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1943

PR2.2504, 1943

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.2504
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, notes, black and white photographs, charts and autopsy report relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothiansaged 27 at first examination in 1943. Conditions mentioned include: numbness in hand; twitching; tuberculous meningitis; and tuberculoma. Surgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

Dates: 1943

PR2.3380, 1948

 Item
Identifier: LHB41 CC/2/PR2.3380
Scope and Contents

Case summary, reports and correspondence relating to male patient from west Edinburgh aged 0 at first examination in 1948. Conditions mentioned include: otitis media, tuberculous meningitis. Family history of tuberculosis. No treatment given.

Dates: 1948

PR2.3586, 1945

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.3586
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary and correspondence relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 9 at first examination in 1945. Conditions mentioned include: tuberculous meningitis; vomiting; headache; squint; and ptosis. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

Dates: 1945

PR2.3689, 1948

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Identifier: LHB41 CC/2/PR2.3689
Scope and Contents

Case summary relating to female patient from north Edinburgh and Leith aged 5 at first examination in 1948. Conditions mentioned include: vomiting, miliary tuberculosis with meningitis. Family history of tuberculosis. No treatment given.

Dates: 1948

PR2.3948, 1945

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.3948
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, autopsy report, report and charts relating to female from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 26 at first examination in 1945. Conditions mentioned include: tuberculoma; headache; and tuberculous meningitis. Surgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

Dates: 1945

PR2.4508, 1946-1947

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.4508
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, autopsy report and correspondence relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 56 at first examination in 1946. Conditions mentioned include: spinal tunerculosis; back pain; tuberculous leptomeningitis; and tuberculous osteomyelitis. No treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

Dates: 1946-1947

PR2.4639, 1946

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.4639
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, report and autopsy report relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 4 at first examination in 1946. Conditions mentioned include: tuberculous meningitis; papilloedema; tuberculosis; pyrexia; tuberculoma; miliary tuberculosis; and tuberculous disease of spine. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

Dates: 1946