Ekbom syndrome II
Ekbom syndrome or delusional parasitosis is characterised by delusions, symptoms of formication and signs such as self-mutilation or the matchbox-sign
Category Medical Specialty
James Mackenzie
Sir James Mackenzie (1853-1925) was a Scottish cardiologist and General Practitioner. Mackenzie was a pioneer in the study of cardiac arrhythmias known as the father of British cardiology
Eeva Therman
Eeva Therman-Patau (1916 - 2004) was a Finnish-American cytogeneticist. Mrs. X Chromosome
Howship-Romberg sign
Description Pain and paraesthesia along the inner (medial) aspect of the thigh, down to the knee; and pain on internal rotation of the hip along the distribution of the obturator nerve. Caused by compression of the obturator nerve most commonly…
Oskar Kobyliński
Carl Oscar Alexander von Kobyliński (1856 - 1926) was a Polish-Baltic German general practitioner. First description of Noonan syndrome (1893)
Bernadette Christol
Bernadette Christol (1934 - 2011) was a French dermatologist. Bazex-Dupré-Christol syndrome (1964)
Pierre Adolphe Piorry
Biography Born Died Medical Eponyms Key Medical Contributions Major Publications Controversies References Oven V. Piorry. Biographies des célébrités médicales, . 1867 Sakula A. Pierre Adolphe Piorry (1794-1879): pioneer of percussion and pleximetry. Thorax. 1979; 34(5): 575-581.
Theodor Langhans
Biography Born 28 September 1839 in Usingen, Germany Studied medicine at the Universities of Heidelburg; Gottingen, under Friedrich Henle (1809–1885); Berlin, under Rudolf Virchow (1821–1902); and Würzburg, under Friedrich von Recklinghausen (1833–1910). 1864 – Graduated medical studies from Würzburg, with…
Reed-Sternberg cells
Reed–Sternberg cells: multinucleate, giant cells found in individuals with Hodgkin lymphoma. Carl Sternberg (1898) and Dorothy Reed (1902)
Georges C. Noulis
Georges C.Noulis (1849-1919). Greek surgeon credited as the first to describe testing the functional integrity of the ACL and knee ligaments (Lachman Test)
Gowers sign
Physical examination finding seen in patients with proximal weakness of the extensor muscles of the thighs and is most often associated with Duchenne muscular dystrophy
Jacqueline Noonan
Jacqueline Anne Noonan (1921 - ) American paediatric cardiologist. Noonan syndrome (1968)