Category LITFL
Osler node 340

Osler node

Osler node: Painful, red, raised lesions usually found on the palms and soles. Caused by immune complex deposition and the resulting inflammatory response.

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Kerley lines

Peter James Kerley first described horizontal lines that he postulated to be peri-vascular lymphatics in patients with mitral stenosis and left ventricular failure

Conferences

The Procedures Course

The Procedures Course is a 'hands on' cadaver based course designed to help you achieve mastery at life-limb-and-sight saving procedures.

Fritz Valdemar Rasmussen (1837-1877) 340

Fritz Valdemar Rasmussen

Fritz Valdemar Rasmussen (1837-1877) was a Danish physician. Co-editor of the Hospitals-Tidende Journal, Rasmussen recorded cases of massive haemoptysis secondary to pulmonary artery aneurysm in association with tuberculosis - eponymously termed the Rasmussen aneurysm

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Hakaru Hashimoto

Hakaru Hashimoto 橋本 策 (1881 - 1934) was a Japanese medical practitioner. Hashimoto thyroiditis 1912

Jean-Baptiste Octave Landry de Thézillat (1826 - 1865) 340

Jean-Baptiste Octave Landry

Jean-Baptiste Octave Landry de Thézillat (1826 - 1865) was a French physician. Landry ascending paralysis (1859) as early description of Guillain–Barré syndrome (1916)