Jean-Louis Alibert
Jean-Louis-Marc Alibert (1768 – 1837) was a French dermatologist.
Physician to Louis XVIII, of France. As chief physician de l’hôpital Saint-Louis, he devoted himself especially to a study of diseases of the skin, and is often referred to as the founder of French dermatology. His chief work was Traite Complet des Maladies de la Peau.
Biography
- Born 2 May 1768, Villefranche-de-Rouergue, France
- Membre de l’Académie nationale de médecine
- Died 4 November 1837, Paris, France
Medical Eponyms
Alibert-Bazin syndrome (1825, 1858)
Historic term for mycosis fungoides. non-Hodgkin’s, cutaneous peripheral T-cell lymphoma, frequently also affecting the lymph nodes and viscera. Three stages: Premycoid; infiltrative and tumour stage. Characteristic symptoms are eczematoid eruption, psoriasis, dermatitis exfoliativa, and parapsoriasis; later circinate and gyrate elevated plaques of various sizes.
Alibert described Pian Fungoides, later mycosis (mushroom like) [1825 Tome II: 161-164]
Alibert disease [Alibert keloid, False keloid] (1816)
In 1816 – Alibert provided the first accurate description of keloid, although it had been previously described by Noël Retz (1758-1810) in 1790.
Thomas Addison (1793 – 1860) described two forms of keloid in 1849: ‘false keloid’ as described by Alibert; and ‘true keloid’ later termed morphea, or ‘Addison’s keloid‘.
Alibert mentagra [Dartre pustulose mentagre, Sycosis barbae] (1825)
Sycosis barbae is a chronic, recalcitrant folliculitis with inflammation of the surrounding skin area. Sycosis occurs in adult males and is most often precipitated by shaving trauma. ALibert describes symptoms of pruritus and a burning sensation, followed by the emergence of painful small pustules each pierced by a hair. When chronic the lesions develop a crust and undergo granulomatous change. Alibert Tome I: 201-203
Major Publications
- Alibert J-L. Traité des pertes de sang chez les femmes enceintes. [Volume II] 1800
- Alibert J-L. Dissertation sur les fièvres pernicieuses, ou ataxiques intermittentes. 1801 [3e 1804]
- Alibert J-L. Description des maladies de la peau observées à l’hôpital Saint-Louis, et exposition des meilleures méthodes suivies pour leur traitement. 1806 [Alibert-Bazin syndrome]
- Alibert J. Note sur la kéloïde. Journal universel des sciences médicales, 1816; 2: 207-216 [Alibert disease]
- Alibert J-L. Nouveaux élémens de thérapeutique et de matière médicale. [Tome II] 1814
- Alibert J-L. Description des maladies de la peau. [Tome II] 1825 [Sycosis barbae Tome I: 201-203] [Pian fungoides Tome II: 161-164]
- Alibert J-L. Physiologie des passions: ou, Nouvelle doctrine des sentimens moraux. [Tome II] 1826
- Alibert J-L. Note sur la pyrophlyctide endémiqie ou pustul d’Alep. Revue médicale française et étrangère, 1829; 3: 62-68.
- Alibert J-L. Monographie des dermatoses, ou, Précis théorique et pratique des maladies de la peau. 1832 [Mycosis fungoides 600-602]
References
- Bibliography. Jean-Louis-Marc Alibert (1768 – 1837). World Cat Identities
- Addison T. On the keloid of Alibert, and on true keloid. Medico-Chirurgical Transactions, 1854; 37: 27-47.
- Bazin E. Leçons théoriques et cliniques sur les affections cutanées artificielles. 1862 [Alibert-Bazin syndrom 372-279]
- Auspitz H. Ein Fall von Granuloma fungoides (Mykosis fungoides Alibert). Vierteljahresschrift für Dermatologie und Syphilis. 1885, 17: 123-143.
- Portrait: ALIBERT, Jean Louis (1768-1837). BIU Santé — Médecine
- Karamanou M, Psaltopoulou T, Tsoucalas G, Androutsos G. Baron Jean-Louis Alibert (1768-1837) and the first description of mycosis fungoides. J BUON. 2014 Apr-Jun;19(2):585-8.
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