Christian Baastrup

Biography

• Born 24 January 1885, Copenhagen
• 1909 – Graduated medicine with high distinction from Copenhagen University
• 1922 – Radiologist at Bispebjerg.
• Died 24 October 1950, Copenhagen

Medical Eponyms

• Baastrup sign (or disease/syndrome) (1933) orthopaedic condition / radiological sign with enlargement and approximation of adjacent spinous processes with normal intervertebral disc height and neuroforamina
• Baastrup-Johnsen Roentgen Intensimeter and Dosimeter – with Frederik Alfred Johnsen (1887-1930)

Major Publications

• Baastrup CI, Johnsen A. Der Intensitats und Dosismesser fur Rontgenstrahlen von Baastrup und Johnsen. Internat Radiother 1927; 3: 984
• Baastrup CI. Frederik Alfred Johnsen, Acta Radiologica, 1930; 11(4): 452-453
• Baastrup CI. On the Spinous Processes of the Lumbar Vertebrae and the Soft Tissues Between them, and on Pathological Changes in that Region. Acta Radiologica. 1933; 14(1): 52-55
• Baastrup CI. Proc. spin. vert. lumb. und einige zwischen diesen liegenden Gelenkbildungen mit pathologischen Prozessen in dieser Region. Fortschritte auf dem Gebiete der Röntgenstrahlen. 1933; 48: 430-435.

Fun facts:

• Baastrup most commonly cited as being born in 1855. He was in fact born 30 years later in 1885 and died at the age of 65 of laryngeal cancer

References

• Edling L. Christian Ingerslev Baastrup: in Memoriam. Acta Radiologica. 1951;35:(3-4):326-330 [PMID 14837783]
• Maizlin ZV, Cooperberg PL, Clement JJ, Vos PM, Coblentz CL. People Behind Exclusive Eponyms of Radiologic Signs (Part I) Can Assoc Radiol J. 2009 Oct;60(4):201-12. [PMID 19647394]