Bernhard Naunyn
German physician Bernhard Naunyn (1839–1925), pioneer of experimental medicine, defined acidosis, advanced diabetes and gallstone research, and co-founded Naunyn–Schmiedeberg’s Archives
cholelithiasis
CT Case 059
A 90-year-old man is brought in to ED from his nursing home with lethargy, confusion and fever. He is very tender in the right upper quadrant.
Patrick Collins
Patrick Gerard Collins (1923 - 1999) was an Irish general surgeon specialising in biliary tract surgery. Collins sign (2009)
Carl Langenbuch
Carl Johann August Langenbuch (1846 - 1901) was a German surgeon. Pioneer in hepatobiliary surgery and performed the first cholecystectomy at the Lazarus Hospital in Berlin in July 1882
Hans Kehr
Biography Medical Eponyms Kehr sign Key Medical Contributions Courvoisier’s Law (1890) Courvoisier’s sign refers to the clinical observation that a painless, palpable, enlarged gallbladder in the presence of jaundice is more likely caused by malignant obstruction (e.g., carcinoma of the…
Ultrasound Case 089
A woman of 40 presents with intermittent RUQ pain and nausea. You try to find her gallbladder. Wall-echo-shadow (WES) sign
Ultrasound Case 026
A 34 year old woman presents with intermittent right upper quadrant pain. It is often worse after eating. Describe and interpret these scans