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Thalamic Diseases

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: Notes = Disorders of the centrally located thalamus, which integrates a wide range of cortical and subcortical information. Manifestations include sensory loss, MOVEMENT DISORDERS; ATAXIA, pain syndromes, visual disorders, a variety of neuropsychological conditions, and COMA. Relatively common etiologies include CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; BRAIN HYPOXIA; INTRACRANIAL HEMORRHAGES; and infectious processes.,Created For = LHSA-Dott,Use For = Thalamic Syndrome

Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:

PR2.547, 1941-1943

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.547
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, charts and correspondence relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 54 at first examination in 1941. Conditions mentioned include: tinnitus; fainting; head injury; dizziness; power vanished from leg; headache; nausea; subdural haematoma; lesion; paraesthesiae to face; and thalamic disturbance. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1941-1943

PR2.583, 1941-1946

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.583
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, correspondence, notes and charts relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothiansaged 33 at first examination in 1941. Conditions mentioned include: twitching; headache; fits; epilepsy; fatigue of vision; and thalamic. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1941-1946

PR2.5161, 1946-1947

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.5161
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, correspondence, notes and chart relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 39 at first examination in 1946. Conditions mentioned include: lesion in thalamic region; scapular pain; and weakness. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1946-1947

PR2.14157, 1954-1957

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.14157
Scope and Contents

Notes, chart and correspondence relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 54 at first examination in 1954. Conditions mentioned include: hemiplegia; cerebral arterial thrombosis; cerebro-vascular accident; spasms of retinal artery; hemianopia; and thalamic pain. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1954-1957

PR2.15695, 1955-1957

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.15695
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, correspondence, charts, and notes relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 47 at first examination in 1955. Conditions mentioned include: homonymous hemianopia; thalamic syndrome; thrombosis; hyperaesthesia; hypertonus; and spasm. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1955-1957