Vincent Alexander Bochdalek
Vincent Alexander Bochdalek (1801–1883) Czech anatomist and pathologist. Eponym: congenital posterior diaphragmatic foramen and herniation. Bochdalek Hernia
Category LITFL
James Sanders
Biography Medical Eponyms Sanders sign (1823) The undulatory character of the cardiac impulse in the epigastric region, indicative of adherent pericardium (l’adhérence du péricarde). Specifically the presence of a depression occurring under the left ribs and in the epigastrium during…
Henri Victor Chaput
Victor Alexandre Henri Chaput (1857 – 1919) was a French Surgeon. Eponymously affiliated with Tillaux-Chaput fracture (1907)
Jean-Baptiste Bouillaud
Jean-Baptiste Bouillaud (1796 - 1881) was a French physician.
Lotte Strauss
Lotte Strauss (1913–1985) was a German born, American practicing pathologist. Eponymous affiliation with Churg-Strauss Syndrome (CSS) in 1951. Now known as Eosinophilic Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis (EGPA)
Charles James Blasius Williams
Biography Born 3 February 1805 in the Hungerford almshouse in Wiltshire, England 1824 – Medical degree from the University of Edinburgh 1833 – Physician at St. George’s University, London 1835 – Fellow of the Royal Society 1840 – Fellow of…
Maurice Lev
Maurice Lev (1908 – 1994) was an American cardiologist. Eponymously affiliated with Lenègre-Lev disease disease described in 1964
Ludwig Courvoisier
Ludwig Georg Courvoisier (1843 - 1918) was a Swiss surgeon. Courvoisier Sign (1890)
Hoffa fracture
Unicondylar coronal fracture of the lateral femoral condyle. Rare intra-articular distal femur injury. Axial compression to the knee with transmission of the ground reaction force through the tibial plateau to the femoral condyles.
Leo Buerger
Biography Born 1879 Died 1943 Medical Eponyms Buerger disease (1908) Carl Friedländer (1847-1887) Felix von Winiwarter (1852-1931) Buerger test Buerger dystoscope Key Medical Contributions Major Publications Controversies References Biography Birch CA. Buerger’s disease. Leo Buerger (1879-1943). Practitioner. 1973;211(266):823-824. Kaplan GW. Leo…
Pierre Nicolas Gerdy
Biography Born 1797 Died 1856 Medical Eponyms Gerdy tubercle is the prominence on the lateral side of the proximal tibia where the iliotibial band (ITB) and tibialis anterior muscle attach Gerdy’s Safe Zone () Major Publications Gerdy P-N. Essai de…
Churg–Strauss syndrome
Eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis (EGPA) - archaic eponym: Churg–Strauss syndrome (CSS) or allergic granulomatosis