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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:

PR2.8071, 1949

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.8071
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, reports, autopsy report and photographs relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 0 at first examination in 1949. Conditions mentioned include: spina bifida; meningomyelocele; Arnold-Chiari deformity; infection; and hydrocephalus. Surgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1949

PR2.8452, 1950-1954

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.8452
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, reports, charts and correspondence relating to female from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 25 at first examination in 1950. Conditions mentioned include: spina bifida; lipoma; walking difficulty; meningocele; spasticity; cervical cord compression; and Arnold-Chiari malformation. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1950-1954

PR2.9238, 1950-1952

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.9238
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, charts and correspondence relating to male patient fromScotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 0 at first examination in 1950. Conditions mentioned include: hydrocephalus; Arnold Chiari malformation; facial weakness; strabismus; and porencephalic cyst. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1950-1952

PR2.9375, 1950-1951

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.9375
Scope and Contents

Correspondence relating to male patientfromEdinburgh and the Lothians aged 0 at first examination in 1950. Conditions mentioned include: paralysis; hydrocephalus; developmental abnormality; Arnold-Chiari syndrome; and thoracic meningo-myelocele. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1950-1951

PR2.9736, 1951-1952

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.9736
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, charts, note, reports and correspondence relating to female patientfrom Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 10 at first examination in 1951. Conditions mentioned include: head injury; difficulty walking; nystagmus; headache; congenital Arnold-Chiari; hydrocephalus; dysrhythmia; Klippel Feil; cervical spina bifida; contusional brain stem damage; and diastasis of coronal suture. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1951-1952

PR2.9975, 1951

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.9975
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, notes, chart and correspondence relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 19 at first examination in 1951. Conditions mentioned include: congenital hydrocephalus; mild Arnold-Chiari malformation; extrapyramidal tremor; extrapyramidal and cerebellar motor dysfunction; and nystagmus. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1951

PR2.11114, 1952-1960

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.11114
Scope and Contents Typed case summary, photographs, x-ray films, reports, notes, autopsy report, charts and correspondence relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 0 at first examination in 1952. Conditions mentioned include: spinal meningocele; communicating hydrocephalus; head injury; spina bifida; meningomyelocele; papilloedma; paraplegia; hip deformity; failing vision; Arnold Chiari malformation; and incontinence. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient...
Dates: 1952-1960

PR2.12902, 1953

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.12902
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, reports, charts and correspondence relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 3 at first examination in 1953. Conditions mentioned include: Arnold chiari malformation; spina bifida; lumbar myelomemingocele; hydrocephalus; congential dislocation of hip; paralysis; and spinal and skull deformities. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1953

PR2.13147, 1952-1953

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.13147
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, charts, drawing, reports and correspondence relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 0 at first examination in 1952. Conditions mentioned include: Arnold-Chiari malformation; wound sepsis; lumbo-sacral spina bifida; meningocele; and club foot. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1952-1953

PR2.15087, 1954-1955

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.15087
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, notes, reports, autopsy report, photographs, charts and correspondence relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 0 at first examination in 1954. Conditions mentioned include: hydrocephalus; meningomyelocele; bronchopneumonia; spina bifida; and Arnold Chiari malformation. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

Dates: 1954-1955