Carlos Gamna
Encyclopedia
Carlos Gamna was an Italian
physician
remembered for Gandy-Gamna nodules
and Gamna-Favre bodies
.
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
physician
Physician
A physician is a health care provider who practices the profession of medicine, which is concerned with promoting, maintaining or restoring human health through the study, diagnosis, and treatment of disease, injury and other physical and mental impairments...
remembered for Gandy-Gamna nodules
Gandy-Gamna nodules
Gandy-Gamna nodules or Gandy-Gamna bodies are small yellow-brown, brown or rust-coloured foci found in the spleen in patients with splenomegaly due to portal hypertension and sickle cell disease. They consist of fibrous tissue with haemosiderin deposits, and probably form due to scarring at sites...
and Gamna-Favre bodies
Gamna-Favre bodies
Gamna-Favre bodies are large, intracytoplasmic basophilic inclusion bodies seen in endothelial cells in patients with lymphogranuloma venereum.They are named after Carlos Gamna and Maurice Favre....
.