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Leukemia

 Subject
Subject Source: Medical Subject Headings
Scope Note: Notes = A progressive, malignant disease of the blood-forming organs, characterized by distorted proliferation and development of leukocytes and their precursors in the blood and bone marrow. Leukemias were originally termed acute or chronic based on life expectancy but now are classified according to cellular maturity. Acute leukemias consist of predominately immature cells; chronic leukemias are composed of more mature cells. ,Created For = LHSA-Dott

Found in 10 Collections and/or Records:

PR4.334, 1940

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/22/PR4.334
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary and correspondence relating to female from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 30 at first examination in 1940. Conditions mentioned include: aleukaemic leukaemia; pain in joints; headache; and difficulty walking. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1940

PR4.967, 1958-1962

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Identifier: LHB41 CC/4/PR4.967
Scope and Contents Case summary, correspondence, chart, contact sheets, health visitor report and reports relating to female housewife from north Edinburgh and Leith aged 74 at first examination in 1958. Conditions mentioned include: pulmonary fibrosis;...
Dates: 1958-1962

PR1.1697, 1939

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/20/PR1.1697
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, charts, reports, autopsy report and correspondence relating to male from Great Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 47 at first examination in 1939. Conditions mentioned include: headache; eye pain; vomiting; deafness; and myeloginous leukaemia. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

Dates: 1939

PR2.2249, 1943-1959

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.2249
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, charts, notes and correspondence relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 15 at first examination in 1943. Conditions mentioned include: astrocytoma; headache; vomiting; and leukaemia. Surgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1943-1959

PR2.6017, 1947-1953

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.6017
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary and correspondence relating to male patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 67 at first examination in 1947. Conditions mentioned include: herpes zoster; post-herpetic pain; and lymphatic leukaemia. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1947-1953

PR2.6052, 1947-1948

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.6052
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, charts, reports, autopsy report and correspondence relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 26 at first examination in 1947. Conditions mentioned include: optic atropsy; failure of vision; blindness; and leukaemia. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient died on second admission.

Dates: 1947-1948

PR4.1848, 1940

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/22/PR4.1848
Scope and Contents

Notes relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 60 at first examination in 1940. Conditions mentioned include: myeloblastic leukaemia; spinal block; leg paresis; and hypotonus. No treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

Dates: 1940

PR4.1944, 1958

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Identifier: LHB41 CC/4/PR4.1944
Scope and Contents Case summaries, charts and correspondence relating to female housewife from north Edinburgh and Leith aged 58 at first examination in 1958. Conditions mentioned include: weight loss and lymphatic leukaemia. No family history of tuberculosis....
Dates: 1958

PR2.17982, 1957

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.17982
Scope and Contents

Correspondence, notes and charts relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 61 at first examination in 1957. Conditions mentioned include: proptosis; swelling of the eye lid; and chronic lymphatic leukaemia. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1957

PR2.21082, 1959

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.21082
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, reports and autopsy report relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 51 at first examination in 1959. Conditions mentioned include: lymphoblastic lymphosarcoma; lower abdominal pain; terminal leukaemia; and chronic bronchitis. No treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

Dates: 1959