Bamberger–Marie syndrome
Bamberger–Marie syndrome (hypertrophic pulmonary osteoarthropathy): clubbing, bone periostosis, and joint effusions—historically recognised as a paraneoplastic syndrome linked to lung disease.
Category LITFL
Melvin S. Henderson
Melvin Starkey Henderson (1883–1954), founding Mayo orthopaedist and ABOS president, co-described Reichel–Jones–Henderson syndrome (synovial chondromatosis).
Friedrich Paul Reichel
Friedrich Paul Reichel (1858–1934), German surgeon, synovial osteochondromatosis and co-developed the Reichel-Polya gastric operation.
Théophile Alajouanine
Théophile Alajouanine (1890–1980), French neurologist and humanist; described Foix–Alajouanine syndrome, studied aphasia, epilepsy, and neurological creativity.
Georges Guillain
Georges Charles Guillain (1876-1961) was a French neurologist. Multiple neurology-related eponyms including Guillain-Barré syndrome
Woldemar Mobitz
Woldemar Mobitz (1889-1951) was a Russian-German physician. Applied mathematical approach to arrhythmias 1924 Mobitz Type I and II AV Block
Adolf von Strümpell
Ernst Adolf Gustav Gottfried von Strümpell (1853-1925) was a German neurologist. Strümpell signs, Strümpell-Lorrain disease, Marie-Strümpell disease and Westphal-Strümpell pseudosclerosis.
William Henry Battle
William Henry Battle (1855–1936) English surgeon. Battle incision, Battle operation and Battle sign postauricular (mastoid) ecchymosis
Battle Sign
Battle sign: mastoid ecchymosis indicating basilar skull fracture, described by W.H. Battle in 1890; it holds >75% PPV for posterior fossa injury.
Carl Gerhardt
Carl Gerhardt (1833–1902), German internist and paediatric pioneer, described Gerhardt’s sign and advanced diagnostics, paediatrics, and laryngology
Alfred Stieda
Alfred Stieda (1869-1945) was a German Surgeon. Eponym: The Stieda fracture, Stieda tubercle, Pellegrini-Stieda disease (1908)
Libman-Sacks endocarditis
Libman–Sacks endocarditis is a sterile cardiac valve lesion linked to lupus and antiphospholipid syndrome, often detected via echocardiography