Basal Ganglia Diseases

Typed case summary, correspondence and notes relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 31 at first examination in 1949. Conditions mentioned include: choreo-athetoid extra-pyramidal syndrome; birth trauma; developmental delay; limb contractions; and physical disability. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary and correspondence relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 50 at first examination in 1949. Conditions mentioned include: tremor; and extrapyramidal vascular lesion. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Notes and correspondence relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 32 at first examination in 1949. Conditions mentioned include: paralysis; and extrapyramidal hyperkinesis. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, charts and correspondence relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 59 at first examination in 1949. Conditions mentioned include: cerebral atrophy; headache; nausea; and extrapyramidal syndrome. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Correspondence relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 62 at first examination in 1950. Conditions mentioned include: unconsciousness; euphoria; Parkinsonian syndrome; and basal ganglia changes. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Chart and correspondence relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 26 at first examination in 1950. Conditions mentioned include: failure of vision; dizziness; extra-pyramidal syndrome; demyelinating disease; and headache. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, correspondence and chart relating to female fromScotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 73 at first examination in 1950. Conditions mentioned include: vascular accident; motor aphasia; dysphasia; pyramidal tract damage; thrombosis; facial weakness; and arterial hypertension. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, notes, autopsy report, photographs, reports, charts and correspondence relating to female from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 40 at first examination in 1950. Conditions mentioned include: vertebral aneurysm; subarachnoid haemorrhage; nystagmus; dysarthria; hemiparesis; suppurative encephalitis; facial weakness; epileptic fit; headache; cortical damage; pyramidal signs. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

Typed case summary and chart relating to male fromScotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 46 at first examination in 1950. Conditions mentioned include: spasmodic torticollis; traumatic neuritis; muscular atrophy; neck pain; spasms; lesion in extra-pyramidal motor-system. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Correspondence and chart relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 50at first examination in 1951. Conditions mentioned include: paralysis of arm; spastic facio-brachial paresis; homonymous hemianopia; cerebral arteriosclerosis; claudication; and extrapyramidal syndrome. No treatment given. Patient discharged.