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Syringomyelia

 Subject
Subject Source: Medical Subject Headings
Scope Note: Notes = Longitudinal cavities in the spinal cord, most often in the cervical region, which may extend for multiple spinal levels. The cavities are lined by dense, gliogenous tissue and may be associated with SPINAL CORD NEOPLASMS; spinal cord traumatic injuries; and vascular malformations. Syringomyelia is marked clinically by pain and PARESTHESIA, muscular atrophy of the hands, and analgesia with thermoanesthesia of the hands and arms, but with the tactile sense preserved (sensory dissociation). Lower extremity spasticity and incontinence may also develop.,Created For = LHSA-Dott

Found in 58 Collections and/or Records:

PR2.13491, 1953-1965

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.13491
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, reports, note, charts and correspondence relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 9 at first examination in 1953. Conditions mentioned include: syringomyelia; kyphoscoliosis; unsteadiness in walking; and limb spasticity. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1953-1965

PR2.13705, 1954

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.13705
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, note, charts, reports and correspondence relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 72 at first examination in 1954. Conditions mentioned include: muscular spasms in lower limbs; Parkinsonian tremor; extra pyramidal syndrome; spinal cord disease; syringomyelia; kyphoscoliosis; and osteoporosis. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1954

PR2.14225, 1954-1959

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.14225
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, charts, photographic slides, reports, notes and correspondence relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 24 at first examination in 1954. Conditions mentioned include: spastic quadriplegia; syringomyelia; flexor spasm; and intramedullary cyst. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1954-1959

PR2.14963, 1955

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.14963
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, phtographs, notes, charts and correspondence relating to female from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 17 at first examination in 1955. Conditions mentioned include: hyperhidrosis; and syringomyelia. Surgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1955

PR2.16753, 1956

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.16753
Scope and Contents

Correspondence, reports, notes and charts relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 51 at first examination in 1956. Conditions mentioned include: scoliosis; spastic paraparesis; and syringomyelia. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1956

PR2.18138, 1957

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.18138
Scope and Contents

Correspondence, notes, charts and reports relating to female from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 57 at first examination in 1957. Conditions mentioned include: syringomyelia; incontinence; and ataxia. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1957

PR2.19574, 1958

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.19574
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, reports, charts and notes relating to female patient from Great Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 17 at first examination in 1958. Conditions mentioned include: possibly syringomyelia; severe progressive kyphoscoliosis; and paraparesis. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1958

PR2.21214, 1959-1963

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.21214
Scope and Contents

Correspondence, typed case summary, reports, charts and notes relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 38 at first examination in 1959. Conditions mentioned include: old spinal injury; spinal lesion (infective polyneuritis or syringomyelia); paraplegia; and shoulder pain. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1959-1963