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Intracranial Hypertension

 Subject
Subject Source: Medical Subject Headings
Scope Note: Notes = Increased pressure within the cranial vault. This may result from several conditions, including HYDROCEPHALUS; BRAIN EDEMA; intracranial masses; severe systemic HYPERTENSION; PSEUDOTUMOR CEREBRI; and other disorders.,Created For = LHSA-Dott

Found in 32 Collections and/or Records:

PR2.8428, 1950

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.8428
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, notes, reports, charts, autopsy report, photographs and correspondence relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 37 at first examination in 1950. Conditions mentioned include: headache; vomiting; papilloedema; glioblastoma; speech disorders; and intracranial hypertension. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

Dates: 1950

PR2.9159, 1950

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.9159
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, correspondence, chart and report relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 46 at first examination in 1950. Conditions mentioned include: headache; dizziness; intracranial hypertension; papilloedema; homonymous hemianopia; drowsiness; cerebral neoplasm; astrocytoma; and glioblastoma. Surgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1950

PR3.2144, 1947-1949

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Identifier: LHB40 CC/2/PR3.2144
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, report, chart, correspondence, and autopsy report relating to male sailor from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 20 at first examination in 1947. Conditions mentioned include: pulmonary tuberculosis; raised intracranial pressure; headache; and papilloedema. Surgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

Dates: 1947-1949

PR4.2616, 1965

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/22/PR4.2616
Scope and Contents

Correspondence relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 63 at examination in 1965. Conditions mentioned include: intracranial hypertension. Surgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1965

PR2.14650, 1954-1955

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.14650
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, charts, reports and correspondence relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 39 at first examination in 1954. Conditions mentioned include: glioblastoma multiforme; astrocytoma; intracranial hypertension; headaches; cerebral tumour; and ventricular cyst. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1954-1955

PR2.14672, 1955

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.14672
Scope and Contents

Notes, autopsy report, photographs, reports, charts and correspondence relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 0 at first examination in 1955. Conditions mentioned include: intracranial hypertension; 3rd nerve palsy; cerebral thrombophlebitis; and glioma. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

Dates: 1955

PR2.15566, 1955-1969

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.15566
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, handwritten notes, correspondence, charts, and reports relating to female from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 22 at first examination in 1955. Conditions mentioned include: blackouts, hypoesthesia; transient amblyopia; papilloedema; benign intercranial hypertension; and dissecting aneurysm. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1955-1969

PR2.16040, 1956

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.16040
Scope and Contents

Correspondence, notes and charts relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 60 at first examination in 1956. Conditions mentioned include: cerebral aneurysm; arterial hypertension; and epileptiform attacks. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1956

PR2.16046, 1955-1956

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.16046
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, notes, charts, reports and correspondence relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 47 at first examination in 1955. Conditions mentioned include: intracranial hypertension; asthma; and papilloedema. Surgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1955-1956

PR2.16532, 1956-1959

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.16532
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, notes, reports, correspondence and charts relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 37 at first examination in 1956. Conditions mentioned include: syncopal attack; intracranial hypertension; and atypical migraine. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1956-1959