Tentorial pressure cone

This material is held atUniversity of Manchester Library

  • Reference
    • GB 133 VFA.7.184
  • Dates of Creation
    • Apr 1938
  • Physical Description
    • Height: 25.4 cms Width: 15.9 cms 1 object Drawing, carbon dustRoss board Good

Scope and Content

Post mortem drawing of brainstem cone as a result of a frontal glioma. Annotations on the back read "Patient's name (24) PM Ap.26.1938" and "tentorial pressure cone. Most extensive up to date. Benign type of glioma, frontal cyst & tumour".

Tentorial pressure cone. (Cyst and glioma of frontal lobe).

Typed caption affixed to the bottom of the item.

Signed by the artist in the bottom right corner.

Related Material

UoM Library also hold the medical case notes for the subject of this drawing which can be found in the collection of Geoffrey Jefferson's patient case files, JCN/13/78.