CT Case 011
A 50yo male is brought to the ED after an OOHCA (out of hospital cardiac arrest) due to a large dose recreational fentanyl overdose.
Category Medical Specialty
Ralph Grover
Ralph Weir Grover (1920-2008) was an American Dermatologist. Grover disease (1970) - transient acantholytic dermatosis
Johannes Zoon
Johannes Jacobus Zoon (1902-1958) was a Dutch dermatologist. Eponym Zoon's balanitis, ie balanitis chronica circumscripta plasmacellularis
CT Case 010
A 60yo male presents with one days of epigastric and periumbilical pain and a single episode of vomiting.
Ernest Bazin
Pierre-Antoine-Ernest Bazin (1807-1878) French physician and dermatologist. Alibert-Bazin syndrome; Bazin disease
Georges Dieulafoy
Georges-Paul Dieulafoy (1839-1911) was a French Clinician. Dieulafoy's Lesion, Dieulafoys Aspirator and Dieulafoys Triad
Zoon Balanitis
Eponym Zoon's balanitis, ie balanitis chronica circumscripta plasmacellularis. Johannes Jacobus Zoon (1902-1958) was a Dutch dermatologist.
Adult CXR Cases 028
January 2023 Adult Emergency Medicine Chest X-ray interpretation with Angela Pikus, Mark Baumgarten, Alex Blackwell and Rosa Malloy-Post
Gerstmann syndrome
Description What is the actual eponymous medical sign/syndrome/repair/classification… History Associated Persons Alternative names Controversies Did they first describe or popularise or plagiarise? References Historical references Eponymous term review
Josef Gerstmann
Biography Medical Eponyms Gerstmann syndrome autotopagnosia; finger agnosia Gerstmann syndrome 2 A paranoid psychosis with auditory hallucinations in patients with general paresis of the insane, as a result of malarial therapy, described by Gerstmann in 1924. Major Publications References Biography…
Claus Bang
Claus Bang (1924-1970) was a Danish physician. Innovator behind the Bang Respirator which was used widely in Denmark during the Polio Epidemic.
CT Case 009
A 60yo female presents with 2 weeks of dyspnoea, pleuritic chest pain and bilateral calf tenderness. She is worked up for possible pulmonary embolus