Naxos disease
Naxos disease: a recessively inherited condition with arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia/ cardiomyopathy (ARVD/C) non-epidermolytic palmoplantar keratoderma, and woolly hair
Category Medical Specialty
Wladimir Bechterew
Biography There are only two persons who know the anatomy of the brain perfectly – God and Bekhterev. Friedrich Kopsch Medical Eponyms Key Medical Contributions Major Publications References Biography Eponymous terms
UCEM Guidelines for Orthopedics
Egerton Y Davis IV unveils the latest guidelines to be produced by UCEM, the much anticipated Guidelines for Orthopedic Surgery.
Austin Flint Murmur
Austin Flint Murmur: Mid diastolic, low pitch rumble heard best at the apex. Absence of opening snap/loud S1 distinguishes from that of mitral stenosis
Charles Bell
Sir Charles Bell (1774-1842) was a Scottish anatomist, physiologist, neurologist and surgeon. Eponymously affiliated with Bell's palsy
John Hughlings Jackson
John Hughlings Jackson (1835-1911) was an English neurologist. Responsible for developing the modern concept of epilepsy. Multiple eponyms
Rutherford Morison
James Rutherford Morison (1853 - 1939) was an English surgeon. Pouch of Rutherford Morison* (1894) BIPP: Bismuth, iodoform and paraffin paste
AI Tools for Learning
AI Tools for Learning - a review of a selection of tools - which ones work and which ones don’t, plus, the future of AI-assisted learning
NeuroResus Review
NeuroResus is a FOAMed educational resource which defines, describes and elaborates on the practical management of all neurological emergencies
Robert William Smith
Robert William Smith (1807 - 1873) was an Irish Surgeon. Eponymously affiliated with the Smith Fracture. Performed autopsy on Colles
Robert Todd
Robert Bentley Todd (1809-1860) was an Irish physician. Provided early depictions of migraine, peripheral neuritis, and postepileptic paralysis (Todd's palsy). He also gave an important discourse on locomotor ataxy (tabes dorsalis).
Paget-Schroetter Syndrome
Primary thrombosis of the subclavian vein at the costoclavicular junction. The formation of an axillo-subclavian vein thrombosis results from endothelial trauma, often as a result of repetitive activity of the upper limbs.