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Thromboangiitis Obliterans

 Subject

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Subject Source: Medical Subject Headings
Scope Note: Notes = A non-atherosclerotic, inflammatory thrombotic disease that commonly involves small and medium-sized arteries or veins in the extremities. It is characterized by occlusive THROMBOSIS and FIBROSIS in the vascular wall leading to digital and limb ISCHEMIA and ulcerations. Thromboangiitis obliterans is highly associated with tobacco smoking.,Created For = LHSA-Dott

Found in 22 Collections and/or Records:

PR2.11813, 1953

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.11813
Scope and Contents

Correspondence relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 59 at first examination in 1953. Conditions mentioned include: hemiparesis with slight spasticity; thrombosis; and Buerger's disease. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1953
Found in: Lothian Health Services Archive: Case Notes / Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh Folder-based Case Notes / RIE, Professor Norman Dott, Neurology, Ward 20 (part 2)

PR2.13172, 1953-1954

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.13172
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, reports and charts relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 50 at first examination in 1953. Conditions mentioned include: Buerger's disease; bronchial carcinoma; headache; papilloedema; and secondary lesion on right hemisphere. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1953-1954
Found in: Lothian Health Services Archive: Case Notes / Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh Folder-based Case Notes / RIE, Professor Norman Dott, Neurology, Ward 20 (part 3)