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Brain Abscess

 Subject
Subject Source: Medical Subject Headings
Scope Note: Created For = LHSA-Dott

Found in 197 Collections and/or Records:

PR3.1712, 1945

 Item
Identifier: LHB40 CC/2/PR3.1712
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary and notes relating to male pensioner from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 53 at first examination in 1945. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy (probably post-traumatic); possibly abscess from penetrating gunshot wound; headache; and intellectual and emotional deterioration. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1945

PR3.1881, 1945

 Item
Identifier: LHB40 CC/2/PR3.1881
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, report, correspondence, autopsy report and black-and-white photograph relating to male sailor from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 24 at first examination in 1945. Conditions mentioned include: cerebral abscess and oedema; pulmonary abscess; giddiness; and vertex headaches. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

Dates: 1945

PR3.1981, 1946

 Item
Identifier: LHB40 CC/2/PR3.1981
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, report, chart and correspondence relating to male airman from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 38 at first examination in 1946. Conditions mentioned include: head injury; left cerebral abscess; central atrophy; and mental deterioration. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1946

PR3.2150, 1947

 Item
Identifier: LHB40 CC/2/PR3.2150
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary relating to male prisoner of war from outside Great Britain aged 44 at first examination in 1947. Conditions mentioned include: staphylococcal septicaemia with intracranial abscess formation; embolic abscess in left hemisphere; and right hemiparesis. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1947

PR3.2163, 1948

 Item
Identifier: LHB40 CC/2/PR3.2163
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, correspondence and chart relating to male sailor from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 31 at first examination in 1948. Conditions mentioned include: encephalitis with incipient brain abscess; left hemiparesis; and delirium. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1948

PR4.1231, 1937-1938

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/22/PR4.1231
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, report and correspondence relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 21 at first examination in 1937. Conditions mentioned include: cerebral abscess; headache; hemiparesis; and epilepsy. Surgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1937-1938

PR4.1694, 1940

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/22/PR4.1694
Scope and Contents

Notes and correspondence relating to male patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 55 at first examination in 1940. Conditions mentioned include: meningitis; cerebral abscesses; aphasia; and headache. No treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

Dates: 1940

PR4.1695, 1940

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/22/PR4.1695
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, charts and correspondence relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 32 at first examination in 1940. Conditions mentioned include: head injury; dizziness; fits; and headache. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1940

PR4.2217, 1939

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/22/PR4.2217
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, correspondence and chart relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 50 at first examination in 1939. Conditions mentioned include: gunshot wound to head; brain abscess; weakness in knee; and frontal headache. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1939

PR4.2604, 1930

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/22/PR4.2604
Scope and Contents

Correspondence relating to female patient. Conditions mentioned include: brain stem lesion; meningitis; ?tuberculoma; and ?brain abscess. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1930