Gigantism
Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:
Folder of notes and press clipppings relative to giantism, c 1891
Folder of notes and press clipppings relative to giantism.
PR4.199, 1932
Notes and correspondence relating to male patient from Great Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 26 at first examination in 1932. Conditions mentioned include: sexual immaturity; and gigantism. No treatment given. Patient discharged.
PR1.1552, 1938-1942
Typed case summary, charts, reports, newspaper clipping, photographs and correspondence relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 15 at first examination in 1938. Conditions mentioned include: headache; acromegaly; hemianopia; chromophobe adenoma; and gigantism. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital after several admissions.
PR2.1607, 1943
Typed case summary, charts and correspondence relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 68 at first examination in 1943. Conditions mentioned include: fatigue; tremor; hallucinations; dementia; and arteriosclerosis. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.
PR2.2593, 1944
Notes, chart and correspondence relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 43 at first examination in 1944. Conditions mentioned include: hypertension; acromegaly; and gigantism. No treatment given. Patient discharged.