Adriaan van den Spiegel
Adriaan van den Spiegel (1578–1625), Flemish anatomist; described Spigelian line, fascia, hernia, and liver lobe in his posthumous atlas.
Giovanni Battista Morgagni
Giovanni Battista Morgagni (1682–1771), father of pathology, pioneered clinico-anatomical correlation; his De sedibus shaped modern medicine.
Vincent Bochdalek
Vincenz Alexander Bochdalek (1801–1883), Bohemian anatomist who described congenital diaphragmatic hernia and the choroid plexus ‘flower basket’.
Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Surveillance Chart
Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm (AAA) Surveillance Chart. All incidentally found aortic aneurysms should be referred to a vascular surgeon if the patient is a potential candidate for surgery.
Johann Horner
Swiss ophthalmologist Johann Friedrich Horner (1831–1886), eponym of Horner's syndrome, advanced ophthalmic surgery and neuroanatomical diagnostics
Acute Aortic Dissection
Acute Aortic Dissection (AAD) is uncommon but highly lethal, requiring prompt recognition and management. Due to its non-specific clinical presentation, a high index of suspicion is necessary, particularly in high-risk patients.
Adolphe Pinard
Adolphe Pinard (1844–1934) was a French obstetrician. Inventor of the Pinard horn (fetoscope) and Pinard Obstetric Palpation
Kayser-Fleischer Ring
corneal ring at the level of Descemet’s membrane, caused by copper deposition in the cornea. It is a cardinal sign of Wilson’s disease (hepatolenticular degeneration)
Aortic Dissection Detection Risk Score (ADD-RS)
The Aortic Dissection Detection Risk Score (ADD-RS) is a validated scoring system that helps stratify low to moderate risk patients who may have an aortic dissection.
Jean Alfred Fournier
Alfred Jean Fournier (1832-1914) was a French Dermatovereologist specialising in congenital syphillis, stressing the importance of syphilis as a cause of degenerative diseases and parasyphilitic conditions.
Moritz Benedikt
Moritz Benedikt (1835-1920) was an Austro-Hungarian neurologist. Benedikt syndrome (1889); the criminal mind; dowsing and Darsonvalisation
Superficial venous thrombosis
Superficial venous thrombosis is rarely life-threatening. It carries a low risk of pulmonary embolism(1%), with concurrent DVT(~25%).