Johannes Peutz
Johannes Peutz (1886–1957), Dutch internist, first described Peutz-Jeghers syndrome in 1921; pioneer of clinical diagnostics in The Hague.
Category Gastroenterology
Harold Jeghers
Harold Jeghers (1904–1990), US internist, co-described Peutz-Jeghers syndrome in 1949; pioneer educator and founder of the Jeghers Medical Index
Thomas sign
Thomas's sign: Silver, aluminium or metallic coloured stools. Caused by the combination of cholestatic (acholic) pale stools secondary to CBD obstruction and the black-tar colour malaena.
Barrett’s oesophagus
Barrett’s oesophagus: reflux-driven columnar metaplasia of the distal oesophagus and precursor to adenocarcinoma—history, key figures, diagnosis, management
Ivor Lewis
Ivor Lewis (1895–1982) was a Welsh surgeon. Eponymously remembered for 1946 description of Ivor Lewis Oesophagectomy
Network Five: Gastroenterology
Network Five Emergency Medicine Journal Club Episode 17 - Gastroenterology reviewing papers on upper GI bleeding.
Saul Mackler
Saul Allen Mackler (1913-2007) was an American thoracic Surgeon. Eponym: Mackler's triad (1952)
William B. Bean
William Bennett Bean (1909-1989) was an American physician, medical historian. Bean syndrome (1958) [Blue rubber bleb nevus syndrome] and spider naevi
Ultrasound Case 109
A 6 year old boy presents with lower abdominal pain and vomiting. He has had intermittent pain for a week thought to be due to mesenteric adenitis.
Anthony Bassler
Anthony Bassler (1874 - 1959) was an American gastroenterologist. Bassler sign (1913) appendicitis clinical examination
Blue rubber bleb nevus syndrome
Blue rubber bleb nevus syndrome or Bean syndrome is characterized by multiple recurrent vascular malformations involving the skin and the GI tract
Charles Aaron
Charles Dettie Aaron (1866 – 1951) was an American gastroenterologist. Eponym: Aaron sign (1913) in chronic appendicitis