Weil disease
Weil disease refers to the severe icteric form of Leptospirosis. Bacterial infection with worldwide distribution.
Category Eponymictionary
Legg-Calvé-Perthes disease
Legg-Calvé-Perthes disease (LCPD): avascular necrosis (AVN) of the proximal femoral head. The disease is usually insidious in onset and may occur after an injury to the hip.
Barton fracture
Barton fracture: Intra-articular distal radius fracture with radiocarpal joint subluxation. John Rhea Barton described Barton fracture in 1838.
Simmonds-Thompson Test
Simmonds-Thompson Test for evaluating achilles tendon rupture. Also known as the Simmonds Test (F.A. Simmonds) or Thompson Test (T. Campbell Thompson)
Cullen sign
Cullen sign: superficial bruising in the subcutaneous fat around the umbilicus. 1918 Thomas Cullen (1869-1953) ruptured ectopic pregnancy
Hill-Sachs defect
Hill-Sachs lesion (1940) Cortical depression of posterolateral head of the humerus related to impaction of the humeral head
Bado Classification
José Luis Bado (1903-1977) was a Uruguayan surgeon who created the Bado Classification of Monteggia fractures in 1967 to define 4 Types
Malgaigne Fracture
Malgaigne fracture is an unstable fracture of the pelvis. First described in 1847 by French surgeon Joseph François Malgaigne (1806 – 1865)
History of the Pulmonary Artery Catheter
History of the Development, and widespread adoption, of the Pulmonary Artery Catheter (PAC) or Swan-Ganz catheter
Dock’s murmur
Dock’s murmur: Early diastolic murmur when there is a severe stenosis of the left anterior descending coronary artery. 1967 William Dock
Jones Fracture
Jones Fracture : proximal diaphysis of the 5th metatarsal, distal to the tuberosity, without joint involvement. Sir Robert Jones (1857-1933) described 1902
Fox’s sign
Fox's sign: non-traumatic ecchymosis over the upper outer aspect of the thigh secondary to abdominal haemorrhage. First described by English surgeon John Adrian Fox in 1966