Pancoast Tumour
Pancoast Tumour is a primary bronchogenic carcinoma which arises in the apex of the lung at the superior pulmonary sulcus.
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Pancoast Syndrome
Pancoast Syndrome occurs secondary to local compression of brachial plexus and sympathetic chain by superior (pulmonary) sulcus tumors.
Mondor disease
Mondor disease is a rare, benign condition characterized by thrombophlebitis of the subcutaneous veins of the breast and anterolateral chest wall.
Penile Mondor disease
Penile Mondor’s disease (PMD) is an isolated superficial thrombophlebitis of the superficial dorsal vein of the penis.
Bazett formula
Bazett formula 'corrects' the measured QT interval to a value (QTc) attributable to a heart rate of 60 bpm. Thus providing a QT interval value that a particular patient would theoretically have if their heart rate was 60 beats/min
Fridericia Formula
Fridericia Formula for calculating the QT interval on an (ECG) according to heart rate, described in 1920. Louis Sigurd Fridericia (1881-1947)
Da Costa Syndrome
Da Costa syndrome (soldier's heart, neurocirculatory asthenia) most commonly considered a manifestation of an anxiety disorder
Tietze syndrome
Alexander Tietze (1864 - 1927) was a German surgeon. Tietze syndrome: Idiopathic benign inflammation of one or more of the costal cartilages (1921)
Bornholm disease
Acute, transient viral myositis involving intercostal and abdominal muscles associated with Coxsackievirus B. Eponym: Ejner Sylvest (1930)
A vivid grouping
Adrien Barrère (1874-1931) produced a series of lithographs of the Professors in the Faculties of Medicine. First lithograph 'a vivid grouping' in 1903
Sixteen French doctors
Adrien Barrère (1874-1931) produced a series of lithographs of the Professors in the Faculties of Medicine. Second lithograph '16 French doctors' in 1906
Romano-Ward syndrome
Congenital (autosomal dominant) long QT syndrome (LQTS). Unlike Jervell-Lange-Nielsen, there is no congenital hearing loss (deafness) present