Category Eponymictionary
Golden S Sign 340

Golden S sign

Golden S sign. Radiological sign which should raise suspicion of bronchial carcinoma. Rss Golden first described a characteristic reverse S-shaped shadow in the right upper lobe in 1925

Brown-Séquard Syndrome

Overview Brown-Séquard Syndrome results in weakness/paresis and loss of fine touch, proprioception and vibration sense ipsilaterally below the lesion, and loss of pain and temperature sensation contralaterally, beginning one to two levels below the lesion. Classic presentations are uncommon, and…

Zoon Balanitis 680

Zoon Balanitis

Eponym Zoon's balanitis, ie balanitis chronica circumscripta plasmacellularis. Johannes Jacobus Zoon (1902-1958) was a Dutch dermatologist.

Forestier disease 680

Forestier disease

Diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis (DISH), the now more generally accepted name for Forestier disease; is a poorly understood, systemic condition characterised by progressive calcification and ossification of ligaments and entheses

Pancoast tumour 1924 680

Pancoast Tumour

Pancoast Tumour is a primary bronchogenic carcinoma which arises in the apex of the lung at the superior pulmonary sulcus.

Pancoast Syndrome 1924 680

Pancoast Syndrome

Pancoast Syndrome occurs secondary to local compression of brachial plexus and sympathetic chain by superior (pulmonary) sulcus tumors.

Mondor disease 1939 680

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's disease 680

Penile Mondor disease

Penile Mondor’s disease (PMD) is an isolated superficial thrombophlebitis of the superficial dorsal vein of the penis.