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Aslanger Pattern: Another OMI?

Robert Buttner and Mike Cadogan
January 28, 2021

Aslanger et al identified a specific ECG pattern concerning for acute inferior occlusion MI in patients with concomitant multi-vessel disease, that does not display contiguous ST-segment elevation or fulfil STEMI criteria

Cardiology Eponymictionary

Abdominal Imaging Cases 013

Kyle Cunningham MD and Michael Gibbs MD
January 19, 2021

December 2020 Adult Abdominal imaging cases and interpretation with Michael Avery; Joshua Davis; Kelsey Lena and Kyle Cunningham, MD

Radiology

Wilhelm Frederick von Ludwig

Aparicio Gomez and Mike Cadogan
January 27, 2021

Wilhelm Frederick von Ludwig (1790 – 1865) was a German surgeon and obstetrician. Wilhelm Frederick von Ludwig (1790 – 1865) was a German surgeon and obstetrician. Best known for his 1836 publication on the condition now known as Ludwig angina

ENT Eponym

Funtabulously Frivolous Friday Five 331

Neil Long
January 15, 2021

Funtabulously Frivolous Friday Five 331 - Just when you thought your brain could unwind, enter the medical trivia of FFFF.

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Köhler disease

Mike Cadogan and Aparicio Gomez
January 20, 2021

Köhler disease: rare, self-limiting, avascular necrosis (osteochondrosis) of the navicular bone in children. Described in 1908 by Alban Köhler (1874–1947)

Eponymictionary Orthopaedics

Adult CXR Cases 014

Michael Gibbs MD
January 12, 2021

December 2020 Adult Emergency Medicine Chest X-ray interpretation with Travis Barlock, MD and Breeanna Lorenzen MD

Clinical Cases Radiology

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Harvey Cushing

Lewis Hong and Mike Cadogan
January 11, 2021

Harvey Williams Cushing (1869 – 1939) was an American neurosurgeon.

Eponym Neurosurgery

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Freiberg infraction

Aparicio Gomez and Mike Cadogan
April 1, 2021

Freiberg infraction: osteochondrosis of the metatarsal heads (typically the 2nd metatarsal head) described by Albert Freiberg in 1914, Alban Köhler in 1915

Eponymictionary Orthopaedics

BRASH syndrome

Tom Cassidy and Mike Cadogan
April 9, 2021

BRASH syndrome: Bradycardia, Renal Failure, AV blockade, Shock, and Hyperkalaemia Example case References Blogs and podcasts Farkas J. BRASH syndrome: Bradycardia, Renal failure, Av blocker, Shock, Hyperkalemia. Pulmcrit (Emcrit). 2016 McLaren J. ECG Cases 10 – Hyperkalemia: The Great Imitator.…