Demetrius Chilaiditi

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Biography

• Born on April 11, 1883 Vienna, Austria
• 1908 Graduated in Medicine, University of Vienna
• Studied radiology III Medical University Clinic, Vienna and Zentral-Röntgeninstitut
• Set up private practice in Constantinople (Istanbul) one of the first members of the Turkish Radiological Society
• Died 2 January 1975 Istanbul

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Medical Eponyms

Chilaiditi syndrome (1910; n=3)

1910 – Chilaiditi reported the anatomo-radiographic findings of 3 asymptomatic cases of subdiaphragmatic air on plain XR as a result of temporary hepatodiaphragmatic interposition of the colon.

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Major Publications

• Chilaiditi, Considérations nouvelles sur le ralentissement de évacuation de certains estomacs, Bull. de la soc. rad. méd. de Paris, Nov. 1910.
• Chilaiditi, Procédé pour obtenir sans contraction de la paroi abdominale une ascension considérable de l’estomac. Bull de la soc. de rad. de Paris, Décembre 1910.
• Chilaiditi D. Zur Frage der Hepatoptose und Ptose im Allgemeinen im Anschluss an Drei Fälle von Temporärer, Partieller Leberverlagerung. Fortschritte auf dem Gebiete der Röntgenstrahlen. 1910; 16: 173-208

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References

• 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

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