Category Medical Specialty
Eponymythology Graves Orbiopathy 340

Graves orbitopathy

Time to review the descriptions and eponymythology of the forgotten signs associated with Graves orbitopathy - the signs of Dalrymple, Stellwag, von Graefe, Möbius and Joffroy...

Robert Kienböck (1871-1953) 340

Robert Kienböck

Robert Kienböck (1871-1953) was an Austrian radiologist and pioneer in radiotherapy. Eponymously associated with Kienböck's disease - avascular necrosis of the lunate bone

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Kienböck Disease

Kienböck Disease: Avascular necrosis (osteonecrosis) of the lunate leading to abnormal carpal motion. Descriebd 1910 by Robert Kienböck (1871-1953)

EBM Gone Wild mountain 340

There’s an app for that

When you’re out in the sticks, you want to travel light. This limits the amount of diagnostic supplies you can carry, and generally wilderness medics trend towards carrying supplies that can do multiple jobs. Thus, necessity being the mother of…

Terry-Thomas (1911 – 1990) 340

Terry-Thomas

Terry-Thomas (1911–1990) was an English comedian and character actor. The Terry-Thomas sign was proposed in 1977 by surgeon Victor H Frankel

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Terry-Thomas Sign

Terry-Thomas Sign: increased distance between the scaphoid and the lunate (scapholunate space) Described by Frankel in 1977

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Battle Sign

Postauricular ecchymosis (bruising over the mastoid process) reflecting a base of skull fracture. Described by William Henry Battle (1855 – 1936) in 1890

Auguste Broca (1859 – 1924) 340

Auguste Broca

Auguste Broca (1859 – 1924) was a French surgeon. Bankart lesion and shoulder operation

Bankart lesion 340

Bankart Lesion

Bankart Lesion: Antero-inferior detachment of the glenoid labrum associated with first-time traumatic anterior shoulder dislocations.