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Arnold-Chiari Malformation

 Subject
Subject Source: Medical Subject Headings
Scope Note: Notes = A group of congenital malformations involving the brainstem, cerebellum, upper spinal cord, and surrounding bony structures. Type II is the most common, and features compression of the medulla and cerebellar tonsils into the upper cervical spinal canal and an associated MENINGOMYELOCELE. Type I features similar, but less severe malformations and is without an associated meningomyelocele. Type III has the features of type II with an additional herniation of the entire cerebellum through the bony defect involving the foramen magnum, forming an ENCEPHALOCELE. Type IV is a form a cerebellar hypoplasia. ,Created For = LHSA-Dott

Found in 31 Collections and/or Records:

PR2.4243, 1946-1951

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.4243
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, charts, notes and correspondence relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 37 at first examination in 1946. Conditions mentioned include: disseminated sclerosis; loss of motor control; facial pain; dysarthria; hydrocephalus; spina bifida occulta; and Arnold-Chiari malformation. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1946-1951

PR2.4557, 1946

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.4557
Scope and Contents

Correspondence relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 6 at first examination in 1946. Conditions mentioned include: meningocele; paralysis; hydrocephalus; and Arnold Chiari malformation. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1946

PR2.4585, 1946

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.4585
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary and correspondence relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 0 at first examination in 1946. Conditions mentioned include: spina bifida; Arnold-Chiari malformation; fits; meningitis; ventriculitis; meningocele; hydrocephalus; and thrombophlebitis. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1946

PR2.5049, 1946

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.5049
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, chart, autopsy report, photographs and correspondence relating to male patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 0 at first examination in 1946. Conditions mentioned include: meningocele; spina bifida; hydrocephalus; and Arnold-Chiari deformity. Surgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

Dates: 1946

PR2.5717, 1947-1949

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.5717
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, chart, notes and correspondence relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 0 at first examination in 1947. Conditions mentioned include: meningocele; Arnold-Chiari syndrome; spina bifida; and squint. Surgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1947-1949

PR2.6014, 1947

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.6014
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, notes and correspondence relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 0 at first examination in 1947. Conditions mentioned include: hydrocephalus; myelomeningocele; paralysis; and Arnold-Chiari malformation. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1947

PR2.6507, 1948

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.6507
Scope and Contents

Correspondence relating to patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 0 at first examination in 1948. Conditions mentioned include: spina bifida; hydrocephalus; and Arnold-Chiari malformation. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1948

PR2.6610, 1948

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.6610
Scope and Contents

Correspondence relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 0 at first examination in 1948. Conditions mentioned include: paraplegia; Arnold-Chiari malformation; hydrocephalus; and myelo-meningocele. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1948

PR2.6945, 1948

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.6945
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, charts and correspondence relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 17 at first examination in 1948. Conditions mentioned include: congenital deformity; Arnold Chiari malformation; spinal cord compression; mental disability; and Klippel Feil deformity. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient died in hosiptal.

Dates: 1948

PR2.7733, 1949

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.7733
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, charts, reports, photographs and correspondence relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 0 at first examination in 1949. Conditions mentioned include: spina bifida; meningomyelocele; hydrocephalus; and Arnold-Chiari malformation. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital after several admissions.

Dates: 1949