Hypertrophy

Scope and Contents Drawing of a coronal section of a brain showing a condition, demostrating how the posterior circulation of the brain can become disrupted. Posterior coronal section of the head depicting secondary ventricular enlargement post bilateral haematoma drainage. Bilateral uncal herniation depicted by dashed line. Labelled on back as 'G. Secondary ventricular enlargement'.

Scope and Contents Typed case summary and charts relating to male captain from Great Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 39 at first examination in 1941 Conditions mentioned include: headache; hypertrophy of epidermis on fingers; bilateral horner's syndrome; haematoma on neck; and neuritic pain in left arm and elbow. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Scope and Contents Typed case summary, and correspondence relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 43 at first examination in 1938. Conditions mentioned include: congenital clubfoot; spasmodic torticollis; facial asymmetry; muscle hypertrophy; and brain lesion. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Scope and Contents Typed case summary, reports, charts, autopsy report, photographs and correspondence relating to male patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 38 at first examination in 1938. Conditions mentioned include: headache; dizziness; staggering; intracranial pressure; cyst; haemorrhage; arteriosclerosis; and ventricular hypertrophy. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital on second admission.

Scope and Contents Typed case summary, charts, autopsy report, photographs and correspondence relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 3 at first examination in 1938. Conditions mentioned include: unsteadiness; squint; hydrocephalus; astrocytoma; meningitis; ventriculitis; and pseudo-hypertrophy. No treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

Scope and Contents Typed case summary and correspondence relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 46 at first examination in 1944. Conditions mentioned include: torticollis; and hypertrophy. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Scope and Contents Case summary relating to female patient from north Edinburgh and Leith aged 14 at examination in 1948. Conditions mentioned include: nervous debility, loss of appetite, lymphoid tissue hypertrophy. No family history of tuberculosis. No treatment given.

Scope and Contents Typed case summary, photographs and correspondence relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 2 at first examination in 1946. Conditions mentioned include: hypertrophy of breast. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Scope and Contents Typed case summary, correspondence, report and chart relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 55 at first examination in 1950. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy; attacks of unconsciousness; sacral oedma; and ventricular hypertophy. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Scope and Contents Letter 5B (Sector 5, Serial 24) relating to female patient from west Edinburgh at mass radiology screening in 1958. Cardiovascular abnormalities found on x-ray, including hypertrophy. Patient referred to general practitioner.