Category Medical Specialty
Ultrasound LIBRARY 340 1

vanPOCUS: Cardiac Views

Vancouver POCUS introduction to the four basic cardiac views - subxiphoid, parasternal long and short axis and apical 4 chamber by Dr Justin Ahn

Lotte Strauss (1913–1985) 340

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…

Ultrasound LIBRARY 340 1

vanPOCUS: Ocular ultrasound

Vancouver POCUS review of ocular POCUS including lens dislocation, globe rupture, posterior vitreous detachment and retinal detachment by Dr Justin Ahn

eponymictionary-340-256 2

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.

Albert Hoffa

Albert Hoffa (1859 - 1907) was a German orthopedic surgeon. eponymously affiliated with a distal femur fracture (1888); an operation for congenital hip dislocations (1890); the development of a system of massage therapy, the Hoffa system (1893); and the Hoffa fat pad

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…