Description What is the actual eponymous medical sign/syndrome/repair/classification… History 1849 – Swedish physician Magnus Huss published a series of case descriptions under the title Alcoholismus chronicus. Huss tried to show that various types of symptoms could be distinguished: neural symptoms, in particular sensory-motor…
Noonan’s syndrome is an autosomal dominant genetic condition with mutations affecting the RAS signaling pathway. Jacqueline Anne Noonan (1921 - )
Palla sign (1983) right descending pulmonary artery enlargement and 'sausage-shaped' appearance as a potential sign of pulmonary embolism on chest XR
Dealing with high emotion in critical care causes us to react. This talk provides simple tools to manage those reactions.
The Hampton hump is a well-defined pulmonary pleural based opacity representing hemorrhage and necrotic lung tissue in a region of pulmonary infarction caused by acute pulmonary embolism.
Description What is the actual eponymous medical sign/syndrome/repair/classification… History 1952 – Margaret Dix and Charles Hallpike published a landmark paper in neuro-otology, looking at the three most common peripheral vertigo diseases: Meniere’s disease, vestibular neuritis and benign paroxysmal positional nystagmus.…
Chang sign (1965) Dilated descending pulmonary artery associated with pulmonary infarction and pulmonary hypertension following pulmonary embolism
Biography Born 27 April 1862 in Waltershausen, Thuringia, Germany Died 20 May 1916 Medical Eponyms Kehr sign Key Medical Attributions Major Publications Kehr H. Die chirurgische Behandlung der Gallensteinkrankheit; ein Rückblick auf 206 Gallenstein-Laparotomieen unter besonderem Hinweis auf die Nothwendigkeit…
Odilon-Marc Lannelongue (1840-1911) was a French surgeon who introduced a surgical technique for the treatment of craniosynostosis
Description What is the actual eponymous medical sign/syndrome/repair/classification… History Associated Persons Henry Meige (1866 – 1940) Alternative names Brueghel’s syndrome Blepharospasm-oromandibular dystonia syndrome Controversies Did they first describe or popularise or plagiarise? References Altrocci PH. Spontaneous oral-facial dyskinesia. Archives of…
Henri Meige (1866 - 1940) was a French neurologist.
Jean-Baptiste Denis (1640- 1704) was a physician and Professor of philosophy and mathematics. Blood transfusion(xenotransfusion) in 1667