Stabler Sign
Stabler Sign - atraumatic abdominal wall ecchymosis in the inguinal-pubic area associated with ectopic pregnancy. Francis (Frank) Edward Stabler (1902–1967)
Category Obstetrics Gynaecology
Francis Edward Stabler
Francis (Frank) Edward Stabler (1902 – 1967) English surgeon, obstetrician and gynaecologist. Eponym: Stabler Sign - atraumatic abdominal wall ecchymosis
Emma Call
Emma Louise Call (1847 - 1937) was an American physician and obstetrician. Call-Exner bodies (1875)
Anne P. Forbes
Anne Pappenheimer Forbes (1911 - 1992) was an American endocrinologist and physician. Forbes-Albright Syndrome 1954
Elisabeth H. Winterhalter
Elisabeth Hermine Winterhalter (1856 - 1952) was a German gynecologist and surgeon. Pioneer physician; neuroanatomy researcher; leader of the feminist movement; and one of the first female surgeons in Germany
Fitz-Hugh Curtis syndrome
Fitz-Hugh-Curtis syndrome refers to perihepatitic adhesions between the liver capsule and under surface of the anterior abdominal wall seen on laparotomy/laparoscopy.
Arthur Hale Curtis
Arthur Hale 'Art' Curtis (1881 – 1955) was an American football player, coach, and gynecologist. Fitz-Hugh Curtis syndrome (1930)
Thomas Fitz-Hugh
Thomas Fitz-Hugh, Jr (1894 – 1963) was an American Surgeon eponymously affiliated with Fitz-Hugh Curtis syndrome (1930, 1934)
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Caspar Bartholin Secundus
Caspar Bartholin the Younger (1655 - 1738) was a Danish physician and anatomist. Bartholin Glands (1677)
Theodor Langhans
Biography Medical Eponyms Langhans giant cells (1868) The presence of Langhans giant cells (LGCs) is one of the signatures of systemic granulomatous disorders such as tuberculosis and sarcoidosis. Although originally described in association with tuberculosis, they are found in nearly every…