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Cushing Syndrome

 Subject
Subject Source: Medical Subject Headings
Scope Note: Notes = A condition caused by prolonged exposure to excess levels of cortisol ( HYDROCORTISONE) or other GLUCOCORTICOIDS from endogenous or exogenous sources. It is characterized by upper body OBESITY; OSTEOPOROSIS; HYPERTENSION; DIABETES MELLITUS; HIRSUTISM; AMENORRHEA; and excess body fluid.,Created For = LHSA-Dott

Found in 19 Collections and/or Records:

PR2.4924, 1945

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.4924
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, photographs and correspondence relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 20 at first examination in 1945. Conditions mentioned include: thoracic pain; back pain; and Cushing's syndrome. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1945

PR2.5736, 1947

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.5736
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, chart and notes relating to female from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 21 at first examination in 1947. Conditions mentioned include: Cushing's syndrome; amenorrhoea; and pituitary disorder. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1947

PR2.7813, 1949

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.7813
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, correspondence and notes relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 22 at first examination in 1949. Conditions mentioned include: Cushings syndrome; tiredness; headaches; and head injury. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1949

PR2.8189, 1949-1950

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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

PR3.1568, 1944

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Identifier: LHB40 CC/2/PR3.1568
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary and chart relating to female WAAF member from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 25 at first examination in 1944. Conditions mentioned include: hormonal imbalance, possibly early Cushing syndrome; moderate obesity; and amenorrhea. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1944

PR4.1561, 1939-1943

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/22/PR4.1561
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, charts and correspondence relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 15 at first examination in 1939. Conditions mentioned include: ?Cushing disease; epilepsy; tremor in hands; and homonymous hemianopia. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1939-1943

PR2.13191, 1953

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.13191
Scope and Contents

Chart, note and correspondence relating to female patient from Great Britain (excluding Scotland) first examined in 1953. Conditions mentioned include: mild Cushing syndrome; atrophy of legs; obesity; coccydymia; and paranoid personality. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1953

PR2.14868, 1955

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.14868
Scope and Contents

Chart and correspondence relating to female patient from Scotland (Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 53 at first examination in 1955. Conditions mentioned include: obesity; arterial hypertension; diplopia; Cushing's disease; drowsiness; and paresis of external eye movement. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1955

PR2.19853, 1958

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.19853
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary relating to female patient from Great Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 12 at first examination in 1958. Conditions mentioned include: Cushing's syndrome; pulmonary collapse; headache; and obesity. Surgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

Dates: 1958