Palla sign
Palla sign (1983) right descending pulmonary artery enlargement and 'sausage-shaped' appearance as a potential sign of pulmonary embolism on chest XR
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Hampton hump
The Hampton hump is a well-defined pulmonary pleural based opacity representing hemorrhage and necrotic lung tissue in a region of pulmonary infarction caused by acute pulmonary embolism.
Chang sign
Chang sign (1965) Dilated descending pulmonary artery associated with pulmonary infarction and pulmonary hypertension following pulmonary embolism
Odilon Lannelongue
Odilon-Marc Lannelongue (1840-1911) was a French surgeon who introduced a surgical technique for the treatment of craniosynostosis
Meige’s syndrome
Description What is the actual eponymous medical sign/syndrome/repair/classification… History Associated Persons Henry Meige (1866 – 1940) Alternative names Brueghel’s syndrome Blepharospasm-oromandibular dystonia syndrome Controversies Did they first describe or popularise or plagiarise? References Altrocci PH. Spontaneous oral-facial dyskinesia. Archives of…
Henry Meige
Henri Meige (1866 - 1940) was a French neurologist.
Jean-Baptiste Denis
Jean-Baptiste Denis (1640- 1704) was a physician and Professor of philosophy and mathematics. Blood transfusion(xenotransfusion) in 1667
Carl Ludwig
Carl Friedrich Wilhelm Ludwig (1816-1895) German physician and physiologist. Designed advanced experimental laboratory, spawned many eponyms
Carl Weigert
Carl Weigert (1845-1904) was a German pathologist. Eponymously affiliated Weigert's Law in 1896 and along with Robert Meyer (1864-1947) the Weigert-Meyer rule (1877)
Charles Sumner Neer II
Charles Sumner Neer II (1917-2011) was an American Orthopedic Surgeon. Eponymously affiliated with the Neer prosthesis and Neer classification of proximal humeral fractures Biography Medical Eponyms Major Publications References
Albert Terson
Albert Terson (1867 - 1935) was a French ophthalmologist. Terson Syndrome (1900)
Moritz Litten
Moritz Litten (1845 - 1907) was a German physician.