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
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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…
Ralph Grover
Ralph Weir Grover (1920-2008) was an American Dermatologist. Grover disease (1970) - transient acantholytic dermatosis
Zoon Balanitis
Eponym Zoon's balanitis, ie balanitis chronica circumscripta plasmacellularis. Johannes Jacobus Zoon (1902-1958) was a Dutch dermatologist.
November 8, 1895
On November 8, 1895 Wilhelm Röntgen, chair of physics at Würzburg, noted an unusual phenomenon, that would change the world of medicine
Essex-Lopresti fracture
Essex-Lopresti injury consists of a radial head fracture AND dislocation of the distal radioulnar joint (DRUJ) AND disruption of the interosseous membrane (IOM)
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
Emil Naclerio
Emil Anthony Naclerio (1915-1985) was an Italian-American Thoracic Surgeon. Naclerio's V sign in oesophageal rupture
Pancoast Tumour
Pancoast Tumour is a primary bronchogenic carcinoma which arises in the apex of the lung at the superior pulmonary sulcus.
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.