Christian Baastrup
Christian Ingerslev Baastrup (1885*–1950) was a Danish radiologist.
Baastrup collaborated on the journal Acta Radiologica and helped establish the Museum of Medical History at the University of Copenhagen, for which he secured one of the world’s largest and most complete collections of x-ray apparatuses
Eponymously affiliated with Baastrup sign (disease) which he described in 1933
Biography
- 1885 – Born on January 24th in Copenhagen.
- 1909 – Graduated from Copenhagen University with a high distinction in medicine (M.B.).
- 1922 – Chief Radiologist of the Roentgen Department, Bispebjerg Hospital.
- 1925 -1926 – Chairman of the Danish Radiological Society.
- 1927- 1933 – General Secretary of the Northern Association for Medical Radiology.
- 1935 – Head Physician “Overlaeqe” at Bispenjerg Hospital.
- 1950 – Died on October 24th in Copenhagen from cancer of the larynx.
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.
Other eponymous terms
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
Biography
- Edling L. Christian Ingerslev Baastrup: in Memoriam. Acta Radiologica. 1951;35:(3-4):326-330
Eponymous terms
- 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.
Eponym
the person behind the name
