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Tuberculosis, Meningeal

 Subject

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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:

PR4.1101, 1937-1946

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/22/PR4.1101
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, correspondence, notes, reports and charts relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 16 at first examination in 1937. Conditions mentioned include: ?tuberculous meningitis; vomiting; fever; and headache. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1937-1946
Found in: Lothian Health Services Archive: Case Notes / Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh Folder-based Case Notes / RIE, Professor Norman Dott, Neurology, Ward 20, Filed by Disease

PR4.2348, 1958-1959

 Item
Identifier: LHB41 CC/4/PR4.2348
Scope and Contents

Case summaries, charts and correspondence relating to male patient from south Edinburgh aged 9 at first examination in 1958. Condidtions include: tuberculous meningitis, hemiparesis and aspiration pneumonia. No family history of tuberculosis. Nonsurgical treatment given.

Dates: 1958-1959
Found in: Lothian Health Services Archive: Case Notes / Royal Victoria Dispensary, Hospital and Tuberculosis Trust case notes / Royal Victoria Dispensary for Diseases of the Chest case notes

PR4.2394, 1958-1959

 Item
Identifier: LHB41 CC/4/PR4.2394
Scope and Contents

Case summaries, charts and correspondence relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 9 at first examination in 1958. Conditions mentioned include: tuberculous meningitis and headache. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1958-1959
Found in: Lothian Health Services Archive: Case Notes / Royal Victoria Dispensary, Hospital and Tuberculosis Trust case notes / Royal Victoria Dispensary for Diseases of the Chest case notes

PR4.2563, 1953-1980

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Identifier: LHB41 CC/4/PR4.2563
Scope and Contents Case summaries, charts, reports, contact sheets, health visitor report, BCG vaccination consent and correspondence forms relating to male patient from south Edinburgh aged 11 at first examination in 1958. Conditions mentioned include: headache, abdominal pain and tuberculous meningitis. Family history of...
Dates: 1953-1980
Found in: Lothian Health Services Archive: Case Notes / Royal Victoria Dispensary, Hospital and Tuberculosis Trust case notes / Royal Victoria Dispensary for Diseases of the Chest case notes

PR4.2634, 1958-1981

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Identifier: LHB41 CC/4/PR4.2634
Scope and Contents Case summaries, x-rays, charts, contact sheets, BCG vaccination consent forms, health visitor reports, reports and correspondence relating to female from south west Edinburgh aged 9 at first examination in 1958. Conditions mentioned include: tuberculous meningitis, pulmonary tuberculosis and headache. No family...
Dates: 1958-1981
Found in: Lothian Health Services Archive: Case Notes / Royal Victoria Dispensary, Hospital and Tuberculosis Trust case notes / Royal Victoria Dispensary for Diseases of the Chest case notes

PR4.2641, 1958-1975

 Item
Identifier: LHB41 CC/4/PR4.2641
Scope and Contents Case summaries, x-ray films, charts, reports, health visitor reports, contact sheets, BCG vaccination consent forms and correspondence relating to female patient from east Edinburgh aged 4 at first examination in 1958. Conditions mentioned include: miliary tuberculosis, headache and tuberculous meningitis. No...
Dates: 1958-1975
Found in: Lothian Health Services Archive: Case Notes / Royal Victoria Dispensary, Hospital and Tuberculosis Trust case notes / Royal Victoria Dispensary for Diseases of the Chest case notes

PR2.10053, 1951

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.10053
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, charts, reports, autopsy report and correspondence relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 19 at first examination in 1951. Conditions mentioned include: turberculosis meningitis; headache; vomiting; drowsiness; and stuporose. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1951
Found in: Lothian Health Services Archive: Case Notes / Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh Folder-based Case Notes / RIE, Professor Norman Dott, Neurology, Ward 20 (part 2)

PR2.10137, 1951

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.10137
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, charts, autopsy reports, correspondence and reports relating to female from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 22 at first examination in 1951. Conditions mentioned include: tuberculous meningitis; urinary incontinence; poor appetite; and papilloedema. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

Dates: 1951
Found in: Lothian Health Services Archive: Case Notes / Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh Folder-based Case Notes / RIE, Professor Norman Dott, Neurology, Ward 20 (part 2)

PR2.10209, 1951

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.10209
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, charts, reports and autopsy report relating to female from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 17 at first examination in 1951. Conditions mentioned include: vomiting; headache; photophobia; and TB meningitis. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

Dates: 1951
Found in: Lothian Health Services Archive: Case Notes / Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh Folder-based Case Notes / RIE, Professor Norman Dott, Neurology, Ward 20 (part 2)

PR2.10462, 1951

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.10462
Scope and Contents

Autopsy report relating to male patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 8 at first examination in 1951. Conditions mentioned include: TB meningitis; and cerebral infarction. No treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

Dates: 1951
Found in: Lothian Health Services Archive: Case Notes / Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh Folder-based Case Notes / RIE, Professor Norman Dott, Neurology, Ward 20 (part 2)