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Polycythemia

 Subject
Subject Source: Medical Subject Headings
Scope Note: Notes = An increase in the total red cell mass of the blood. ,Created For = LHSA-Dott

Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:

PR1.430, 1931-1943

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/20/PR1.430
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, charts, reports, photographs, x-ray films and correspondence relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 47 at first examination in 1931. Conditions mentioned include: headache; vomiting; failure of vision; diplopia; polycythaemia; hydrocephalus; basal leptomeningitis; and meningioma. Surgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1931-1943

PR2.7783, 1949-1958

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.7783
Scope and Contents

Typed correspondence, notes and chart relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 53 at first examination in 1949. Conditions mentioned include: hypertensive polycythaemia; obesity; tiredness; breathlessness; headaches; and weight gain. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1949-1958

PR2.8189, 1949-1950

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.8189
Scope and Contents

Typed correspondence and notes relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 64 at first examination in 1949. Conditions mentioned include: headaches; dizziness; Cushing's Syndrome; basophil pituitary tumour; hypertension; and polycythaemia. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1949-1950

PR2.16473, 1956-1965

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.16473
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, notes, correspondence, charts and reports relating to male patient from Great Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 45 at first examination in 1956. Conditions mentioned include: intracranial haemorrhage; malaena; and polycythaemia. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1956-1965