Bouveret Syndrome
Bouveret syndrome: gastric outlet obstruction following passage of a gallstone from gallbladder to duodenum/pylorus via bilioenteric fistula
Category Medical Specialty
Ivan Magill
Sir Ivan Whiteside Magill (1888 – 1986) was an Irish Anaesthetist. Epomnymously affiliated with various anaesthetic devices such as the Magill forceps
Josef Jadassohn
Josef Jadassohn (1863 - 1936) was a German dermatologist. Jadassohn-Lewandowsky syndrome (pachyonychia congenita) (1906); Borst-Jadassohn; Jadassohn-Tièche blue naevus; Jadassohn-Bloch Technique
CPR and Pregnancy
Cardiac arrest in pregnancy is a rare occurrence. There are a few common aetiologies and considerations while resuscitating.
Robert Willan
Biography Medical Eponyms Key Medical Contributions Major Publications Controversies References Biography Eponymous terms
Persevering: Best and Worst Year
A 6-part series on “Persevering Through A Pandemic”. Episode 4 - The Best and Worst Year with clinical psychologist Dr Julie Highfield
Felix Lewandowsky
Felix Lewandowsky (1879-1921) was a German dermatologist. Jadassohn–Lewandowsky syndrome, Lewandowsky’s syndrome, Lewandowsky–Lutz dysplasia and Lewandowsky tuberculid
Florence R. Sabin
Florence Rena Sabin (1871-1953) American anatomist and medical researcher. Early description (1900) of Mees lines of the fingernails secondary to arsenic poisoning
Frank Johnson
Frank Chambliss Johnson (1894 – 1934) was an American pediatrician. Along with Albert Mason Stevens (1884 – 1945), is eponymously affiliated with Stevens-Johnson syndrome
Albert Stevens
Albert Mason Stevens (1884 – 1945) was an American surgeon. Eponym Stevens-Johnson syndrome (with Frank Chambliss Johnson)
Rigler notch sign
Indentation in the border of a solid lung mass (thought to represent a feeding vessel) - suggestive of a bronchial carcinoma.
Heart HQ: Happy New Year
Heart HQ - Episode 14: Happy New Year. As the year draws to a close, we reflect on the year that was and look ahead to a busy 2022.