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Syphilis, Cardiovascular

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Subject Source: Medical Subject Headings
Scope Note: Notes = Cardiovascular manifestations of SYPHILIS, an infection of TREPONEMA PALLIDUM. In the late stage of syphilis, sometimes 20-30 years after the initial infection, damages are often seen in the blood vessels including the AORTA and the AORTIC VALVE. Clinical signs include syphilitic aortitis, aortic insufficiency, or aortic ANEURYSM.,Created For = LHSA-Dott

Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:

PR4.869, 1935

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/22/PR4.869
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 44 at first examination in 1935. Conditions mentioned include: speech difficulty; fatigue; ?tabes; and ?syphilitic endarteritis. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1935
Found in: Lothian Health Services Archive: Case Notes / Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh Folder-based Case Notes / RIE, Professor Norman Dott, Neurology, Ward 20, Filed by Disease

PR2.1865, 1943

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.1865
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, charts, reports and correspondence relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 54 at first examination in 1943. Conditions mentioned include: dementia; hypertonus; cerebral vascular syphilis; and hypertension. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1943
Found in: Lothian Health Services Archive: Case Notes / Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh Folder-based Case Notes / RIE, Professor Norman Dott, Neurology, Ward 20 (part 1)

PR2.2561, 1948

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Identifier: LHB41 CC/2/PR2.2561
Scope and Contents

Case summary and reports relating to male taxi driver from east Edinburgh aged 53 at first examination in 1948. Conditions mentioned include: Sy. aortitis. Family history of tuberculosis. No treatment given.

Dates: 1948
Found in: Lothian Health Services Archive: Case Notes / Royal Victoria Dispensary, Hospital and Tuberculosis Trust case notes / Royal Victoria Dispensary for Diseases of the Chest case notes

PR2.15272, 1955

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.15272
Scope and Contents

Typed correspondence, notes and reports relating to female from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 47 at first examination in 1955. Conditions mentioned include: meningitic vascular syphilis; headaches; vomiting; weakness; papilloedema; facial weakness; and paresis. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1955
Found in: Lothian Health Services Archive: Case Notes / Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh Folder-based Case Notes / RIE, Professor Norman Dott, Neurology, Ward 20 (part 3)