Pietro Grocco

Biography

• Born 27 June 1856, Albonese
• 1879 – MD, University of Pavia
• Died 12 February 1916, Courmayeur

Medical Eponyms

• Grocco triangle (1902) [Grocco-Rauchfuss triangle] – A triangular area of dullness at the base of the chest near the spinal column, on the side opposite a pleural effusion.
• Grocco sign

Key Medical Attributions

Controversies

Major Publications

• Grocco P. Triangolo paravertebrale opposto nella pleurite essudativa. Lavori dei congressi di medicina interna, Rome, 1902;12(1903):190. [Grocco triangle]

References

• Zampetti P. GROCCO, Pietro. Biographical Dictionary of Italians – 2002;59
• Reuchfuss CA. Die paravertebrale Dämpfung auf der gesunden Seite bei Pleuraergussen. Verhandlungen der Gesellschaft für Kinderheilkunde. 1904;21:202-211.
• Ewart W. Grocco’s triangle in pleural effusion. Lancet. 1905;166(4274):316
• Ewart W. Grocco’s Paravertebral Triangle. Br Med J 1908;2:1896