List of eponymous diseases
Encyclopedia
Some disease
s have been named after
the person who first described the condition. This usually involves publishing an article in a respected medical journal
. Rarely an eponymous disease may be named after a patient (examples include Christmas disease, Lou Gehrig's disease
, Hartnup disease
and Mortimer's disease
).
Related disease namings include place names (Bornholm disease
, Lyme disease
, Ebola hemorrhagic fever) and even societies (Legionnaires' disease
). These, however, are not eponyms.
Eponyms are a longstanding tradition in Western science and medicine. Being awarded an eponym is regarded as an honour: "eponymity, not anonymity, is the standard" (Merton R K, 1973). It is regarded as bad form to attempt to eponymise oneself. At a time when medicine lacked the tools to investigate the underlying causes of many syndrome
s, the eponym was a convenient mechanism for attaching a label to a disease. In order to freely discuss something, it must have a name.
where the conclusion was that "The possessive use of an eponym should be discontinued, since the author neither had nor owned the disorder." Medical journal
s, dictionaries and style guide
s remain divided on this issue, with European journals tending to use the possessive and US journals largely dropping it.
Arguments for maintaining eponyms include:
Disease
A disease is an abnormal condition affecting the body of an organism. It is often construed to be a medical condition associated with specific symptoms and signs. It may be caused by external factors, such as infectious disease, or it may be caused by internal dysfunctions, such as autoimmune...
s have been named after
Eponym
An eponym is the name of a person or thing, whether real or fictitious, after which a particular place, tribe, era, discovery, or other item is named or thought to be named...
the person who first described the condition. This usually involves publishing an article in a respected medical journal
Medical journal
A public health journal is a scientific journal devoted to the field of public health, including epidemiology, biostatistics, and health care . Public health journals, like most scientific journals, are peer-reviewed...
. Rarely an eponymous disease may be named after a patient (examples include Christmas disease, Lou Gehrig's disease
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis , also referred to as Lou Gehrig's disease, is a form of motor neuron disease caused by the degeneration of upper and lower neurons, located in the ventral horn of the spinal cord and the cortical neurons that provide their efferent input...
, Hartnup disease
Hartnup disease
Hartnup disease is an autosomal recessive metabolic disorder affecting the absorption of nonpolar amino acids...
and Mortimer's disease
Mortimer's disease
Mortimer's disease is a skin disease characterized by red blotchy patterns appearing all over the face and hands, and spreading through the body in an almost symmetrical pattern. The fact that there are no ulcers, and an absence of crust, indicate that this is a different entity than lupus vulgaris...
).
Related disease namings include place names (Bornholm disease
Bornholm disease
Bornholm disease or epidemic pleurodynia or epidemic myalgia is a disease caused by the Coxsackie B virus or other viruses.It is named after the Danish island Bornholm where early cases occurred.-Signs and symptoms:...
, Lyme disease
Lyme disease
Lyme disease, or Lyme borreliosis, is an emerging infectious disease caused by at least three species of bacteria belonging to the genus Borrelia. Borrelia burgdorferi sensu stricto is the main cause of Lyme disease in the United States, whereas Borrelia afzelii and Borrelia garinii cause most...
, Ebola hemorrhagic fever) and even societies (Legionnaires' disease
Legionellosis
Legionellosis is a potentially fatal infectious disease caused by gram negative, aerobic bacteria belonging to the genus Legionella. Over 90% of legionellosis cases are caused by Legionella pneumophila, a ubiquitous aquatic organism that thrives in temperatures between , with an optimum temperature...
). These, however, are not eponyms.
Eponyms are a longstanding tradition in Western science and medicine. Being awarded an eponym is regarded as an honour: "eponymity, not anonymity, is the standard" (Merton R K, 1973). It is regarded as bad form to attempt to eponymise oneself. At a time when medicine lacked the tools to investigate the underlying causes of many syndrome
Syndrome
In medicine and psychology, a syndrome is the association of several clinically recognizable features, signs , symptoms , phenomena or characteristics that often occur together, so that the presence of one or more features alerts the physician to the possible presence of the others...
s, the eponym was a convenient mechanism for attaching a label to a disease. In order to freely discuss something, it must have a name.
Punctuation
In 1975, the Canadian National Institutes of Health held a conference where the naming of diseases and conditions was discussed. This was reported in The LancetThe Lancet
The Lancet is a weekly peer-reviewed general medical journal. It is one of the world's best known, oldest, and most respected general medical journals...
where the conclusion was that "The possessive use of an eponym should be discontinued, since the author neither had nor owned the disorder." Medical journal
Medical journal
A public health journal is a scientific journal devoted to the field of public health, including epidemiology, biostatistics, and health care . Public health journals, like most scientific journals, are peer-reviewed...
s, dictionaries and style guide
Style guide
A style guide or style manual is a set of standards for the writing and design of documents, either for general use or for a specific publication, organization or field...
s remain divided on this issue, with European journals tending to use the possessive and US journals largely dropping it.
Eponyms and alternatives
There is a trend away from the use of eponymous disease names towards a medical name that describes either the cause or the primary signs. Reasons for this include:- The name confers no information other than the historical.
- There can be a Western bias to the choices.
- History sometimes shows the credit should have gone to a different person.
- Different countries may have different eponyms for the same disease.
- Several eponyms may turn out to be the same disease (example: amyloid degenerationAmyloid degenerationAmyloid degeneration is a type of degeneration with the deposit of lardacein in the tissues. It indicates impairment of nutritive function and is seen in wasting diseases....
is also called Abercrombie's disease, Abercrombie's syndrome, and Virchow's syndrome).
Arguments for maintaining eponyms include:
- The name may be more memorable and shorter than the medical one (the latter requiring abbreviation to its acronym)
- Sometimes the medical name proves to be incorrect.
- The syndrome may have more than one cause, yet it remains useful to consider it as a whole.
- It continues to give respect to a person who may otherwise have been forgotten.
A
- Aarskog-Scott syndromeAarskog-Scott syndromeAarskog–Scott syndrome is an inherited disease characterized by short stature, facial abnormalities, skeletal and genital anomalies.The Aarskog–Scott syndrome is also known as the Aarskog syndrome, faciodigitogenital syndrome, shawl scrotum syndrome and faciogenital dysplasia.-Signs and...
– Dagfinn Aarskog, Charles Scott - Aase-Smith syndromeAase-Smith syndromeAase-Smith syndromes are deformities occurring in males characterised by a decreased production of red blood cells leading to anemia as well as certain joint contractures. They are named after Jon Morton Aase and David Weyhe Smith.-Causes:...
– Jon Morton Aase, David Weyhe SmithDavid Weyhe SmithDavid Weyhe Smith was an American pediatrician and dysmorphologist.Smith was born in Oakland, California. He gained his medical degree from Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and worked with Lawson Wilkins in the field of pediatric endocrinology... - Abdallat Davis Farrage syndromeAbdallat Davis Farrage syndromeAbdallat Davis Farrage syndrome is a phakomatosis consisting of disordered skin and hair pigmentation, progressive spastic paraparesis and peripheral neuropathy...
– Adnan Al Abdallat, S.M. Davis, James Robert Farrage - Abderhalden-Kaufmann-Lignac syndromeAbderhalden-Kaufmann-Lignac syndromeAbderhalden–Kaufmann–Lignac syndrome, also called Abderhalden-Lignac-Kaufmann disease or nephropathic cystinosis, is an autosomal recessive renal disorder of childhood comprising cystinosis and renal rickets.-Presentation:...
– Emil AbderhaldenEmil AbderhaldenEmil Abderhalden was a Swiss biochemist and physiologist. His main findings, though disputed already in the 1920s, were not finally rejected until the late 1990s. Whether his misleading findings were based on fraud or simply the result of a lack of scientific rigor remains unclear...
, Eduard Kauffman, George LignacGeorge LignacGeorge Otto Emil Lignac was a Dutch pathologist-anatomist.The disease Lignac-Fanconi syndrome is named for him. Lignac was born in Passoeroean, Java, Dutch East Indies where his father worked as a civil servant... - Abercrombie diseaseAmyloid degenerationAmyloid degeneration is a type of degeneration with the deposit of lardacein in the tissues. It indicates impairment of nutritive function and is seen in wasting diseases....
– John AbercrombieJohn Abercrombie (physician)John Abercrombie FRSE FRCSE FRCPE was a Scottish physician and philosopher. The Chambers Biographical Dictionary says of him that after Dr James Gregory's death, he was "recognized as the first consulting physician in Scotland".The son of the Reverend George Abercrombie, the minister of East... - Achard-Thiers syndromeAchard-Thiers syndromeAchard–Thiers syndrome combines the features of Adrenogenital syndrome and Cushing syndrome. It is also known as diabetic-bearded woman syndrome .The disease is named for Emile Achard and Joseph Thiers.-Clinical features:...
– Emile AchardEmile AchardEmile Achard, full name Emile Charles Achard was a French internist born in Paris. In 1893 he became médecin des hôpitaux, and later a professor of general pathology and therapeutics. In 1910 he was appointed professor of internal medicine at the University of Paris...
, Joseph Thiers - Ackerman tumorVerrucous carcinomaVerrucous carcinoma is an uncommon variant of squamous cell carcinoma. This form of cancer is often seen in those who chew tobacco or use snuff orally, so much so that it is sometimes referred to as "Snuff dipper's cancer."Most patients with verrucous carcinoma have a good prognosis...
– Lauren AckermanLauren AckermanLauren Vedder Ackerman was a prestigious American pathologist, who championed the subspecialty of surgical pathology in the mid-twentieth century.- Early life :... - Addison disease – Thomas AddisonThomas AddisonThomas Addison was a renowned 19th-century English physician and scientist. He is traditionally regarded as one of the "great men" of Guy's Hospital in London....
- Adson-Caffey syndrome – Alfred Adson, I.R. Caffey
- Aicardi syndromeAgenesis of the corpus callosumAgenesis of the corpus callosum is a rare birth defect in which there is a complete or partial absence of the corpus callosum. Agenesis of the corpus callosum occurs when the corpus callosum, the band of white matter connecting the two hemispheres in the brain, fails to develop normally,...
– Jean AicardiJean AicardiJean Aicardi is a French doctor.Aicardi syndrome and Aicardi-Goutieres syndrome are named after him.Aicardi syndrome only affects females, and in very rare cases, males with Klinefelter syndrome .-References:... - Alagille syndromeAlagille syndromeAlagille syndrome is a genetic disorder that affects the liver, heart, kidney, and other systems of the body. Problems associated with the disorder generally become evident in infancy or early childhood...
– Daniel Alagille - Albers-Schönberg diseaseOsteopetrosisOsteopetrosis, literally "stone bone", also known as marble bone disease and Albers-Schonberg disease is an extremely rare inherited disorder whereby the bones harden, becoming denser, in contrast to more prevalent conditions like osteoporosis, in which the bones become less dense and more brittle,...
– Heinrich Albers-SchönbergHeinrich Albers-SchönbergHeinrich Ernst Albers-Schönberg was a German gynecologist and radiologist who was a native of Hamburg.He studied medicine at the Universities of Tübingen and Leipzig, where in 1891 he earned his medical doctorate... - Albright syndromeMcCune-Albright syndromeMcCune–Albright syndrome, described in 1937 by Donovan James McCune and Fuller Albright, is a genetic disorder of bones, skin pigmentation and hormonal problems along with premature puberty.-Symptoms:...
– Fuller Albright - Albright-Butler-Bloomberg disease – Fuller Albright, Allan Macy ButlerAllan Macy ButlerAllan Macy Butler was Chief of the Children’s Medical Services at Massachusetts General Hospital and a professor of Pediatrics at Harvard Medical School...
, Esther Bloomberg - Albright-Hadorn syndrome – Fuller Albright, Walter Hadorn
- Alexander diseaseAlexander diseaseAlexander disease is a slowly progressing and fatal neurodegenerative disease. It is a very rare disorder which results from a genetic mutation and mostly affects infants and children, causing developmental delay and changes in physical characteristics....
– William Stuart Alexander - Alpers disease – Bernard Jacob Alpers
- Alport syndromeAlport syndromeAlport syndrome or hereditary nephritis is a genetic disorder characterized by glomerulonephritis, endstage kidney disease, and hearing loss. Alport syndrome can also affect the eyes . The presence of blood in the urine is almost always found in this condition.It was first identified in a British...
– Arthur Cecil Alport - Alström syndromeAlstrom syndromeAlström syndrome is a rare genetic disorder caused by mutations in the gene ALMS1. It is among the rarest genetic disorders in the world, as currently it has only 266 reported cases in medical literature and over 501 known cases in 47 countries. It was first described by Carl-Henry Alström in...
– Carl Henry Alström - Alzheimer disease – Alois AlzheimerAlois AlzheimerAloysius "Alois" Alzheimer, was a German psychiatrist and neuropathologist and a colleague of Emil Kraepelin. Alzheimer is credited with identifying the first published case of "presenile dementia", which Kraepelin would later identify as Alzheimer's disease....
- Anders diseaseAdiposis dolorosaAdiposis dolorosa, also known as Dercum's Disease is a rare condition characterized by multiple, painful lipomas. These lipomas mainly occur on the trunk, the upper arms and upper legs. The diagnosis of Dercum's disease implies a long, chronic pain syndrome of debilitating nature...
– James Meschter Anders - Andersen disease – Dorothy Andersen
- Anderson-Fabry disease – William AndersonWilliam Anderson (collector)William Anderson FRCS was an Engish surgeon born in Shoreditch, London. He was Professor of Anatomy at the Royal Academy in London, and an important collector and scholar of Japanese art. He was the first chairman of the Japan Society...
, Johannes Fabry - Angelman syndromeAngelman syndromeAngelman syndrome is a neuro-genetic disorder characterized by intellectual and developmental delay, sleep disturbance, seizures, jerky movements , frequent laughter or smiling, and usually a happy demeanor....
– Harry AngelmanHarry AngelmanHarry Angelman was a British consultant paediatrician who identified Angelman Syndrome.-Biography:Angelman was born in Birkenhead in 1915 and qualified in Liverpool. Angelman was an enthusiast for the language and country of Italy. He had observed three children who were unrelated but showed... - Angelucci syndrome – Arnaldo Angelucci
- Anton–Babinski syndrome – Gabriel AntonGabriel AntonGabriel Anton was an Austrian neurologist and psychiatrist. He is primarily remembered for his studies of psychiatric conditions arising from damage to the cerebral cortex and the basal ganglia....
, Joseph BabinskiJoseph BabinskiJoseph Jules François Félix Babinski was a French neurologist of Polish descent. He is best known for his 1896 description of the Babinski sign, a pathological plantar reflex indicative of corticospinal tract damage.... - Apert syndromeApert syndromeApert syndrome is a form of acrocephalosyndactyly, a congenital disorder characterized by malformations of the skull, face, hands and feet. It is classified as a branchial arch syndrome, affecting the first branchial arch, the precursor of the maxilla and mandible...
– Eugène ApertEugène ApertEugène Charles Apert was a French pediatrician who was born in Paris.He received his doctorate in 1897 and afterwards was associated with the Hôtel-Dieu and Hôpital Saint-Louis. From 1919 until 1934, he worked at the Hôpital des Enfants-Malades in Paris... - Aran-Duchenne spinal muscular atrophy – François-Amilcar Aran, Guillaume DuchenneGuillaume DuchenneGuillaume-Benjamin-Amand Duchenne was a French neurologist who revived Galvani's research and greatly advanced the science of electrophysiology...
- Armanni-Ebstein nephropathy – Luciano Armanni, Wilhelm EbsteinWilhelm EbsteinWilhelm Ebstein was a German physician.He studied medicine at the universities of Breslau and Berlin, graduating from the latter in 1859...
- Arnold-Chiari malformationArnold-Chiari malformationArnold–Chiari malformation, or often simply Chiari malformation, is a malformation of the brain. It consists of a downward displacement of the cerebellar tonsils through the foramen magnum , sometimes causing non-communicating hydrocephalus as a result of obstruction of cerebrospinal fluid outflow...
– Julius ArnoldJulius ArnoldJulius Arnold was a German pathologist who was born in Zurich. He was the son of anatomist Friedrich Arnold ....
, Hans ChiariHans ChiariHans Chiari was an Austrian pathologist who was a native of Vienna. He was the son of gynecologist Johann Baptist Chiari , and brother to rhinolaryngologist Ottokar Chiari .... - Arthus phenomenon – Nicolas Maurice ArthusNicolas Maurice ArthusNicolas Maurice Arthus was a French immunologist and physiologist. The Arthus reaction, a localized inflammatory response, is named after him.Arthus was born January 9, 1862 in Angers, France....
- Asherman syndrome – Joseph G. Asherman
- Asperger syndromeAsperger syndromeAsperger's syndrome that is characterized by significant difficulties in social interaction, alongside restricted and repetitive patterns of behavior and interests. It differs from other autism spectrum disorders by its relative preservation of linguistic and cognitive development...
– Hans AspergerHans AspergerHans Asperger was an Austrian pediatrician, after whom Asperger syndrome was named. He wrote over 300 publications, mostly concerning autism in children.-Biography:... - Avellis syndromeAvellis syndromeAvellis syndrome is a neurological disorder characterized by a peculiar form of alternating paralysis. There is paralysis of the soft palate and vocal cords on one side and loss of pain sensation and temperature sense on the other side, including the extremities, trunk, and neck...
– Georg Avellis - Ayerza syndrome – Abel Ayerza
- Ayerza-Arrillaga syndrome – Abel Ayerza, Francisco Arrillaga
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- Babington diseaseHereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasiaHereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia , also known as Osler-Weber-Rendu disease and Osler-Weber-Rendu syndrome, is a genetic disorder that leads to abnormal blood vessel formation in the skin, mucous membranes, and often in organs such as the lungs, liver and brain.It may lead to nosebleeds, acute...
– Benjamin Babington - Babinski-Fröhlich syndrome – Joseph BabinskiJoseph BabinskiJoseph Jules François Félix Babinski was a French neurologist of Polish descent. He is best known for his 1896 description of the Babinski sign, a pathological plantar reflex indicative of corticospinal tract damage....
, Alfred FröhlichAlfred FröhlichAlfred Fröhlich was an Austrian-American pharmacologist and neurologist born in Vienna.In 1895 he graduated from the University of Vienna, and afterwards remained at Vienna as an assistant to Carl Nothnagel... - Babinski-Froment syndrome – Joseph BabinskiJoseph BabinskiJoseph Jules François Félix Babinski was a French neurologist of Polish descent. He is best known for his 1896 description of the Babinski sign, a pathological plantar reflex indicative of corticospinal tract damage....
, Jules FromentJules FromentJules Froment was a French neurologist. He earned his doctorate in 1906 with a thesis on heart diseases associated with thyrotoxicosis. For much of his career he was a professor at Lyon.-Life:... - Babinski-Nageotte syndromeBabinski-Nageotte syndromeBabinski-Nageotte syndrome, sometimes called Babinski syndrome, is an alternating brainstem syndrome. It occurs when there is damage to the dorsolateral or posterior lateral medulla oblongata...
– Joseph BabinskiJoseph BabinskiJoseph Jules François Félix Babinski was a French neurologist of Polish descent. He is best known for his 1896 description of the Babinski sign, a pathological plantar reflex indicative of corticospinal tract damage....
, Jean NageotteJean NageotteJean Nageotte was a French neuroanatomist born in Dijon. He obtained his medical degree in Paris in 1893, and afterwards was associated with the Hôpital Bicêtre and Salpêtrière... - Baker cyst – William Morrant BakerWilliam Morrant BakerWilliam Morrant Baker was an English physician and surgeon. He first described the condition now known as Baker's cyst.-Life:...
- Baló's disease or Balo concentric sclerosisBalo concentric sclerosisBalo concentric sclerosis is one of the borderline forms of multiple sclerosis.Balo concentric sclerosis is a demyelinating disease similar to standard multiple sclerosis, but with the particularity that the demyelinated tissues form concentric layers...
– József Baló - Bamberger disease – Heinrich von BambergerHeinrich von BambergerHeinrich von Bamberger was an Austrian pathologist from Prague.-Biography:...
- Bamberger-Marie disease – Eugen von Bamberger, Pierre Marie
- Bancroft filariasisFilariasisFilariasis is a parasitic disease and is considered an infectious tropical disease, that is caused by thread-like nematodes belonging to the superfamily Filarioidea, also known as "filariae"....
– Joseph BancroftJoseph BancroftJoseph Bancroft was a surgeon and parasitologist born in England, who emigrated to Australia.-Early life:... - Bang's diseaseBrucellosisBrucellosis, also called Bang's disease, Crimean fever, Gibraltar fever, Malta fever, Maltese fever, Mediterranean fever, rock fever, or undulant fever, is a highly contagious zoonosis caused by ingestion of unsterilized milk or meat from infected animals or close contact with their secretions...
– Bernhard BangBernhard Lauritz Frederik Bang- External links :*... - Bankart lesionBankart lesionIn orthopaedics, a Bankart lesion is an injury of the anterior glenoid labrum due to repeated shoulder dislocation. When this happens, a pocket at the front of the glenoid forms that allows the humeral head to dislocate into it...
– Arthur BankartArthur BankartArthur Sidney Blundell Bankart was a British orthopaedic surgeon best known for describing the Bankart lesion and Bankart repair for shoulder dislocation.-Biography:... - Banti's disease – Guido Banti
- Bárány syndrome – Robert BárányRobert BárányRobert Bárány was a Austro-Hungarian otologist. For his work on the physiology and pathology of the vestibular apparatus of the ear he received the 1914 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.- Biography :...
- Barlow diseaseScurvyScurvy is a disease resulting from a deficiency of vitamin C, which is required for the synthesis of collagen in humans. The chemical name for vitamin C, ascorbic acid, is derived from the Latin name of scurvy, scorbutus, which also provides the adjective scorbutic...
– Thomas BarlowThomas Barlow (medicine)Sir Thomas Barlow, 1st Baronet KCVO FRS FRCP was a British royal physician, known for his research on infantile scurvy.Barlow was the son of a Lancashire cotton manufacturer and Mayor of Bolton, James Barlow... - Barlow syndromeMitral valve prolapseMitral valve prolapse is a valvular heart disease characterized by the displacement of an abnormally thickened mitral valve leaflet into the left atrium during systole. There are various types of MVP, broadly classified as classic and nonclassic. In its nonclassic form, MVP carries a low risk of...
– John Barlow - Barraquer-Simons syndromeBarraquer-Simons syndromeBarraquer–Simons syndrome is a rare form of lipodystrophy,which usually first affects the head, and then spreads to the thorax....
– Luis Barraquer Roviralta, Arthur Simons - Barré-Liéou syndrome – Jean Alexandre BarréJean Alexandre BarréJean Alexandre Barré , French neurologist, worked in 1916 on the identification of the Guillain-Barré syndrome....
, Yang-Choen Liéou - Barrett's ulcerBarrett's esophagusBarrett's esophagus refers to an abnormal change in the cells of the inferior portion of the esophagus. A positive diagnosis generally requires observing specific macroscopic and microscopic changes...
– Norman BarrettNorman BarrettNorman Rupert Barrett was an Australian-born British thoracic surgeon who is primarily remembered for describing Barrett’s oesophagus.-Early life:... - Bart-Pumphrey syndrome – R.S. Bart, R.E. Pumphrey
- Bartholin cystBartholin's glandThe Bartholin's glands are two glands located slightly posterior and to the left and right of the opening of the vagina. They secrete mucus to lubricate the vagina and are homologous to bulbourethral glands in males...
– Caspar BartholinCaspar Bartholin the YoungerCaspar Bartholin the Younger , was a Danish anatomist who first described the "Bartholin's gland" in the 17th century... - Bartter syndromeBartter syndromeBartter syndrome is a rare inherited defect in the thick ascending limb of the loop of Henle. It is characterized by low potassium levels , increased blood pH , and normal to low blood pressure. There are two types of Bartter syndrome: neonatal and classic...
– Frederic BartterFrederic BartterFrederic Crosby Bartter was an American endocrinologist best known for his work on hormones affecting the kidney and his discovery of syndrome of inappropriate antidiuretic hormone and Bartter syndrome... - Basedow diseaseGraves-Basedow diseaseGraves' disease is an autoimmune disease where the thyroid is overactive, producing an excessive amount of thyroid hormones...
– Karl Adolph von BasedowKarl Adolph von BasedowCarl Adolph von Basedow was a German physician most famous for reporting the symptoms of what could later be dubbed Graves-Basedow disease, now technically known as exophthalmic goiter.-Biography:... - Basedow syndrome – Karl Adolph von BasedowKarl Adolph von BasedowCarl Adolph von Basedow was a German physician most famous for reporting the symptoms of what could later be dubbed Graves-Basedow disease, now technically known as exophthalmic goiter.-Biography:...
- Bassen-Kornzweig syndrome – Frank BassenFrank BassenFrank Albert Bassen, , practiced as a haematologist and internist in New York, 1933–1978, in affiliation with Mount Sinai Hospital. He was born 14 November 1903 in St. George, New Brunswick, Canada and graduated from McGill University. He emigrated to the United States via Vanceboro, Maine, in 1928...
, Abraham KornzweigAbraham KornzweigAbraham Leon Kornzweig, , born in New York, a physician and ophthalmologist specializing in geriatric ophthalmology. He opened a new field in investigative medicine, and founded the Society of Geriatric Ophthalmology. He was also widely known as the co-discoverer and namer of Bassen-Kornzweig... - Batten diseaseBatten diseaseBatten disease is a rare, fatal autosomal recessive neurodegenerative disorder that begins in childhood...
– Frederick BattenFrederick BattenFrederick Eustace Batten was an English neurologist and pediatrician who has been referred to as the "father of pediatric neurology".... - Bazin diseaseBazin diseaseBazin disease is a panniculitis on the back of the calves.It was formerly thought to be a reaction to the tuberculum bacillus. It is now considered a panniculitis that is not associated with a single defined pathogen....
– Pierre-Antoine-Ernest Bazin - Becker muscular dystrophyBecker's muscular dystrophyBecker muscular dystrophy is an X-linked recessive inherited disorder characterized by slowly progressive muscle weakness of the legs and pelvis....
– Peter Emil Becker - Beckwith-Wiedemann syndromeBeckwith-Wiedemann syndromeBeckwith–Wiedemann syndrome is an overgrowth disorder usually present at birth characterized by an increased risk of childhood cancer and certain congenital features. Originally, Dr...
– John Bruce Beckwith, Hans-Rudolf Wiedemann - Behçet diseaseBehçet's diseaseBehçet's disease is a rare immune-mediated systemic vasculitis that often presents with mucous membrane ulceration and ocular involvements...
– Hulusi BehçetHulusi BehçetHulusi Behçet was a Turkish dermatologist and scientist. He described a disease of inflamed blood vessels in 1937, which is named after him as the Behçet's disease.- Professional works :... - Bekhterev disease – Vladimir BekhterevVladimir BekhterevVladimir Mikhailovich Bekhterev was a Russian Neurologist and the Father of Objective Psychology. He is best known for noting the role of the hippocampus in memory, his study of reflexes, and Bekhterev’s Disease...
- Bell palsy – Charles BellCharles BellSir Charles Bell was a Scottish surgeon, anatomist, neurologist and philosophical theologian.His three older brothers included John Bell , also a noted surgeon and writer; and the advocate George Joseph Bell .-Life:...
- Benedikt syndrome – Moritz BenediktMoritz BenediktMoritz Benedikt was an Hungarian-Austrian neurologist who was a native of Eisenstadt. He was an instructor and professor of neurology at the University of Vienna...
- Benjamin syndromeBenjamin syndromeBenjamin Syndrome is a type of multiple congenital anomaly/mental retardation syndrome. It is characterized by hypochromic anemia with mental deficiency and various craniofacial and other anomalies. It can also include heart murmur, dental caries and splenic tumors.It was first described in the...
– E. Benjamin - Berger's disease – Jean BergerJean BergerJean Berger was a German-born pianist, composer, and music educator.-Early years:...
- Bergeron disease – Etienne-Jules Bergeron
- Bernard syndromeHorner's syndromeHorner's syndrome is the combination of drooping of the eyelid and constriction of the pupil , sometimes accompanied by decreased sweating of the face on the same side; redness of the conjunctiva of the eye is often also present...
– Claude BernardClaude BernardClaude Bernard was a French physiologist. He was the first to define the term milieu intérieur . Historian of science I. Bernard Cohen of Harvard University called Bernard "one of the greatest of all men of science"... - Bernard-Soulier syndromeBernard-Soulier syndromeBernard–Soulier syndrome , also called hemorrhagiparous thrombocytic dystrophy, is a rare autosomal recessive coagulopathy that causes a deficiency of glycoprotein Ib , the receptor for von Willebrand factor, which is important in clot formation.The incidence is estimated to be less than 1 in 1...
– Jean Bernard, Jean Pierre SoulierJean Pierre SoulierJean Pierre Soulier was a French physician and haematologist. He was the General Director of Centre National de Transfusion Sanguine Paris and professor of haematology at the University of Paris, at the Necker Hospital for Sick Children.-References:*D. Menache-Aronson . . Journal of Thrombosis... - Bernhardt-Roth paraesthesia – Martin BernhardtMartin BernhardtMartin Bernhardt was a noted German neuropathologist.Bernhardt was a native of Potsdam. In 1867 he received his medical doctorate at the University of Berlin, where he was a student of Rudolf Virchow and Ludwig Traube...
, Vladimir Karlovich RothVladimir Karlovich RothVladimir Karlovich Roth — sometimes Vladimir Karlovich Rot — was a Russian neuropathologist.Roth was native of Orel. He studied medicine at the University of Moscow, where he graduated in 1871. From 1877 to 1879 he travelled abroad, and worked in clinics at Vienna, Berlin and Paris... - Bernheim syndrome – Hippolyte BernheimHippolyte BernheimHippolyte Bernheim was a French physician and neurologist, born at Mülhausen, Alsace. He received his education in his native town and at the University of Strasbourg, where he was graduated as doctor of medicine in 1867...
- Besnier prurigo – Ernest Henri BesnierErnest Henri BesnierErnest Henri Besnier was a French dermatologist and medicinal director of the Hôpital Saint-Louis in Paris. He was a native of Honfleur, département Calvados....
- Besnier-Boeck-Schaumann disease – Ernest Henri BesnierErnest Henri BesnierErnest Henri Besnier was a French dermatologist and medicinal director of the Hôpital Saint-Louis in Paris. He was a native of Honfleur, département Calvados....
, Cæsar Peter Møller BoeckCæsar Peter Møller BoeckCæsar Peter Møller Boeck was a Norwegian dermatologist born in Lier, Norway. In 1871 he graduated from the Christiania Medical School, and did post-graduate work in Vienna under Ferdinand von Hebra . In 1889 he was appointed chief of dermatology at the Rikshospitalet in Kristiania, and in 1895...
, Jörgen Nilsen SchaumannJörgen Nilsen SchaumannJörgen Nilsen Schaumann was a Swedish dermatologist. He studied medicine at the University of Lund and in Stockholm, where he received his medical license in 1907. Subsequently he worked at St... - Biermer anaemia – Michael Anton BiermerMichael Anton BiermerMichael Anton Biermer was a German internist who was a native of Bamberg.In 1851 he earned his doctorate from the University of Würzburg, where he was a student of Rudolf Virchow. Later he was a professor at Bern , Zurich and Breslau...
- Bickerstaff's brainstem encephalitis – Edwin Bickerstaff
- Bilharzia – Theodor Maximilian Bilharz
- Bing-Neel syndrome – Jens Bing, Axel Valdemar Neel
- Binswanger dementiaBinswanger's diseaseBinswanger's disease is a form of small vessel vascular dementia caused by damage to the white brain matter. White matter atrophy can be caused by many circumstances including chronic hypertension as well as old age. This disease is characterized by loss of memory and intellectual function and by...
– Otto BinswangerOtto BinswangerOtto Ludwig Binswanger was a Swiss psychiatrist and neurologist who came from a famous family of physicians; his father was founder of the Kreuzlingen Sanatorium, and he was uncle to Ludwig Binswanger who was a major figure in the existential psychology movement... - Bland-White-Garland syndromeAnomalous Left Coronary Artery From the Pulmonary ArteryAnomalous Left Coronary Artery From the Pulmonary Artery, also known as Bland-White-Garland Syndrome, is a rare congenital anomaly in which the left coronary artery, which normally branches off the aorta instead branches off the pulmonary artery....
– Edward Franklin Bland, Paul Dudley WhitePaul Dudley WhitePaul Dudley White , American physician and cardiologist, was born in Roxbury, Massachusetts, the son of Herbert Warren White and Elizabeth Abigail Dudley. White's interest in medicine was sparked early in life, when he accompanied his father, a family practitioner, on rounds and house calls in a...
, Joseph Garland - Bloom syndromeBloom syndromeBloom's syndrome , also known as Bloom–Torre–Machacek syndrome, is a rare autosomal recessive chromosomal disorder characterized by a high frequency of breaks and rearrangements in an affected person's chromosomes. The condition was discovered and first described by dermatologist Dr...
– David BloomDavid BloomDavid Bloom was an NBC journalist until his sudden death in 2003 at the age of 39 from deep vein thrombosis... - Blount syndromeBlount's diseaseBlount's disease is a growth disorder of the tibia that causes the lower leg to angle inward, resembling a bowleg.It is also known as "tibia vara".It is named for Walter Putnam Blount.-Causes:...
– Walter Putnam Blount - Boerhaave syndrome – Herman BoerhaaveHerman BoerhaaveHerman Boerhaave was a Dutch botanist, humanist and physician of European fame. He is regarded as the founder of clinical teaching and of the modern academic hospital. His main achievement was to demonstrate the relation of symptoms to lesions...
- Bogorad syndrome – F.A. Bogorad
- Bonnevie-Ullrich syndrome – Kristine Bonnevie, Otto Ullrich
- Bourneville-Pringle disease – Désiré-Magloire BournevilleDésiré-Magloire BournevilleDésiré-Magloire Bourneville was a French neurologist born in Garencières. He studied medicine in Paris, and was an intern at the Salpêtrière and Bicêtre Hospitals....
, John James PringleJohn James PringleJohn James Pringle was a Scottish dermatologist. He was born in Borgue, Kirkcudbrightshire and educated at Merchiston Castle school. He graduated in medicine from Edinburgh University in 1876... - Bowen diseaseBowen's diseaseBowen's disease is a neoplastic skin disease, it can be considered as an early stage or intraepidermal form of squamous cell carcinoma. It was named after Mark Bowen...
– John T. BowenJohn T. BowenJohn Templeton Bowen was an American dermatologist.Bowen's disease and Bowenoid papulosis are named for him.-References:... - Brailsford-Morquio syndromeMorquio syndromeMorquio's syndrome is an autosomal recessive mucopolysaccharide storage disease , usually inherited. It is a rare type of birth defect with serious consequences...
– James Frederick Brailsford, Luís Morquio - Brandt syndrome – Thore Edvard Brandt
- Brenner tumourBrenner tumourBrenner tumours are uncommon tumours that are part of the surface epithelial-stromal tumour group of ovarian neoplasms.The majority of these tumours are benign...
– Fritz Brenner - Brewer kidney – George Emerson BrewerGeorge Emerson BrewerGeorge Emerson Brewer, M.D. was an American surgeon and urologist remembered for the eponymous Brewer infarcts.- Biography :George Brewer was born on 28 July 1861 in Westfield, New York, the son of physician Francis B. Brewer...
- Bright diseaseBright's diseaseBright's disease is a historical classification of kidney diseases that would be described in modern medicine as acute or chronic nephritis. The term is no longer used, as diseases are now classified according to their more fully understood causes....
– Richard BrightRichard Bright (physician)Richard Bright was an English physician and early pioneer in the research of kidney disease.He was born in Bristol, Gloucestershire, the third son of Sarah and Richard Bright Sr., a wealthy merchant and banker. Bright Sr. shared his interest in science with his son,encouraging him to consider it... - Brill-Symmers disease – Nathan Brill, Douglas Symmers
- Brill-Zinsser disease – Nathan Brill, Hans ZinsserHans ZinsserHans Zinsser was an American bacteriologist and a prolific author. The son of German immigrants, Zinsser was born in New York City in 1878. Zinsser received his undergraduate degree from Columbia University in 1899 and completed both a masters degree and a doctorate in medicine there in 1903...
- Briquet syndrome – Paul Briquet
- Brissaud disease – Édouard BrissaudÉdouard Brissaud-See also:*Timeline of tuberous sclerosis*History of Tourette syndrome...
- Brissaud-Sicard syndrome – Édouard BrissaudÉdouard Brissaud-See also:*Timeline of tuberous sclerosis*History of Tourette syndrome...
, Jean-Athanase SicardJean-Athanase SicardJean-Athanase Sicard was a French neurologist and radiologist who was born in Marseille.He studied medicine in Marseille and Paris, where he studied with Charles Emile Troisier , Édouard Brissaud , Henri-Alexandre Danlos , Fulgence Raymond and Georges-Fernand-Isidore Widal... - Broadbent apoplexy – William BroadbentWilliam BroadbentSir William Henry Broadbent, 1st Baronet was an English neurologist who was born in Lindley, now part of Huddersfield, West Yorkshire. He studied medicine at Owens College and the Royal School of Medicine in Manchester...
- Brock syndrome – Russell Claude Brock
- Brodie abscessBrodie abscessA Brodie abscess is a subacute osteomyelitis, which may persist for years before converting to a frank osteomyelitis. Classically, this may present after conversion as a draining abscess extending from the tibia out through the shin....
– Benjamin Collins Brodie - Brodie syndrome – Benjamin Collins Brodie
- Brooke epithelioma – Henry Ambrose Grundy Brooke
- Brown-Séquard syndromeBrown-Séquard syndromeBrown-Séquard syndrome, also known as Brown-Séquard's hemiplegia and Brown-Séquard's paralysis, is a loss of sensation and motor function that is caused by the lateral hemisection of the spinal cord...
– Charles-Édouard Brown-SéquardCharles-Édouard Brown-SéquardCharles-Édouard Brown-Séquard FRS , also known as Charles Edward, was a Mauritian physiologist and neurologist who, in 1850, became the first to describe what is now called Brown-Séquard syndrome.-Early life:... - BrucellosisBrucellosisBrucellosis, also called Bang's disease, Crimean fever, Gibraltar fever, Malta fever, Maltese fever, Mediterranean fever, rock fever, or undulant fever, is a highly contagious zoonosis caused by ingestion of unsterilized milk or meat from infected animals or close contact with their secretions...
– David BruceDavid Bruce (microbiologist)Major-General Sir David Bruce KCB FRS FRSE was a Scottish pathologist and microbiologist who investigated the Malta-fever and trypanosomes, identifying the cause of sleeping sickness.... - Brugada syndromeBrugada syndromeThe Brugada syndrome is a genetic disease that is characterised by abnormal electrocardiogram findings and an increased risk of sudden cardiac death. It is named by the Spanish cardiologists Pedro Brugada and Josep Brugada...
– the Brugada brothers - Bruns syndrome – Ludwig BrunsLudwig BrunsLudwig Bruns was a German neurologist who was a native of Hanover. He studied medicine in Göttingen and Munich, receiving his doctorate in 1882. Subsequently, he was an assistant to Eduard Hitzig at the insane asylum in Nietleben as well as at the psychiatric and nerve clinic in Halle...
- Bruton-Gitlin syndrome – Ogden Carr Bruton, David Gitlin
- Budd-Chiari syndromeBudd-Chiari syndromeIn medicine , Budd–Chiari syndrome is the clinical picture caused by occlusion of the hepatic veins. It presents with the classical triad of abdominal pain, ascites and hepatomegaly. Examples of occlusion include thrombosis of hepatic veins. The syndrome can be fulminant, acute, chronic, or...
– George Budd, Hans ChiariHans ChiariHans Chiari was an Austrian pathologist who was a native of Vienna. He was the son of gynecologist Johann Baptist Chiari , and brother to rhinolaryngologist Ottokar Chiari .... - Buerger diseaseBuerger's diseaseThromboangiitis obliterans is a recurring progressive inflammation and thrombosis of small and medium arteries and veins of the hands and feet...
– Leo BuergerLeo BuergerLeo Buerger was an Austrian pathologist, surgeon and urologist. Buerger's disease is named for him.- Family and education :... - Bumpke syndrome – Oswald Conrad Edouard Bumke
- Bürger-Grütz syndrome – Max Burger, Otto Grutz
- Burkitt lymphomaBurkitt's lymphomaBurkitt's lymphoma is a cancer of the lymphatic system...
– Denis Parsons BurkittDenis Parsons BurkittDenis Parsons Burkitt , surgeon, was born in Enniskillen, County Fermanagh, Ireland. He was the son of James Parsons Burkitt. Aged eleven he lost his right eye in an accident. He attended Portora Royal School in Enniskillen and Dean Close School, England... - Burnett syndrome – Charles Hoyt Burnett
- Bywaters syndrome – Eric Bywaters
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- Caffey-Silverman syndrome – John Patrick Caffey, William Aaron Silverman
- Calvé disease – Jacques Calvé
- Canavan diseaseCanavan diseaseCanavan disease, also called Canavan-Van Bogaert-Bertrand disease, aspartoacylase deficiency or aminoacylase 2 deficiency, is an autosomal recessive degenerative disorder that causes progressive damage to nerve cells in the brain. Canavan disease is also one of the most common degenerative...
– Myrtelle CanavanMyrtelle CanavanMyrtelle May Moore Canavan was an American physician and medical researcher. She was one of the first female pathologists and is best known for publishing a description of Canavan Disease in 1931.-Life and career:... - Cannon syndrome – Walter Cannon
- Capgras syndromeCapgras delusionThe Capgras delusion theory is a disorder in which a person holds a delusion that a friend, spouse, parent, or other close family member has been replaced by an identical-looking impostor...
– Joseph CapgrasJoseph CapgrasJean Marie Joseph Capgras was a French psychiatrist who is best known for the Capgras delusion, a disorder named after him.... - Caplan's syndromeCaplan's syndromeCaplan's syndrome is a combination of rheumatoid arthritis and pneumoconiosis that manifests as intrapulmonary nodules, which appear homogenous and well-defined on chest X-ray.. The syndrome is named after Dr...
– Anthony Caplan - Caroli syndrome – Jacques Caroli
- Carrión's diseaseCarrion's diseaseOroya fever or Carrion's Disease is an infectious disease produced by Bartonella bacilliformis infection.It is named for Daniel Alcides Carrión.-History:...
– Daniel Alcides CarriónDaniel Alcides CarriónDaniel Alcides Carrión García was a Peruvian medical student after whom Carrion's disease is named. He described the disease in the course of what proved to be a fatal experiment upon himself in 1885, in order to demonstrate definitively the cause of the illness... - Castleman disease – Benjamin CastlemanBenjamin CastlemanBenjamin Castleman was an American pathologist best known for the eponymous disease which is named after him, Castleman's disease....
- Céstan-Chenais syndrome – Étienne Jacques Marie Raymond Céstan, Louis Jean Chennais
- Chagas diseaseChagas diseaseChagas disease is a tropical parasitic disease caused by the flagellate protozoan Trypanosoma cruzi. T. cruzi is commonly transmitted to humans and other mammals by an insect vector, the blood-sucking insects of the subfamily Triatominae most commonly species belonging to the Triatoma, Rhodnius,...
– Carlos ChagasCarlos ChagasCarlos Justiniano Ribeiro Chagas, or Carlos Chagas , was a Brazilian sanitary physician, scientist and bacteriologist who worked as a clinician and researcher. He discovered Chagas disease, also called American trypanosomiasis in 1909, while working at the Oswaldo Cruz Institute in Rio de Janeiro... - Charcot's diseaseMotor neurone diseaseThe motor neurone diseases are a group of neurological disorders that selectively affect motor neurones, the cells that control voluntary muscle activity including speaking, walking, breathing, swallowing and general movement of the body. They are generally progressive in nature, and can cause...
– Jean-Martin CharcotJean-Martin CharcotJean-Martin Charcot was a French neurologist and professor of anatomical pathology. He is known as "the founder of modern neurology" and is "associated with at least 15 medical eponyms", including Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis... - Charcot-Marie-Tooth diseaseCharcot-Marie-Tooth diseaseCharcot–Marie–Tooth disease- , known also as Morbus Charcot-Marie-Tooth, Charcot-Marie-Tooth neuropathy, hereditary motor and sensory neuropathy , hereditary sensorimotor neuropathy , or peroneal muscular atrophy, is an inherited disorder of nerves that takes different forms...
– Jean-Martin CharcotJean-Martin CharcotJean-Martin Charcot was a French neurologist and professor of anatomical pathology. He is known as "the founder of modern neurology" and is "associated with at least 15 medical eponyms", including Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis...
, Pierre Marie, Howard Henry ToothHoward Henry ToothHoward Henry Tooth, CMG, CB was a British neurologist and one of the discoverers of Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease.-Early life and education:... - Cheadle's disease – Walter Butler CheadleWalter Butler CheadleDr. Walter Butler Cheadle was an English paediatrician.Cheadle was educated at Caius College, Cambridge, graduating M.B. in 1861 and then studied medicine at St George's Hospital Medical School in London...
- Chédiak-Higashi syndromeChédiak-Higashi syndromeChédiak–Higashi syndrome is a rare autosomal recessive disorder that arises from a microtubule polymerization defect which leads to a decrease in phagocytosis. The decrease in phagocytosis results in recurrent pyogenic infections, partial albinism and peripheral neuropathy...
– Alexander Chédiak, Otokata Higashi - Chiari-Frommel syndrome – Johann Baptist ChiariJohann Baptist ChiariJohann Baptist Chiari was an Austrian gynecologist and obstetrician who was a native of Salzburg. In 1841 he received his medical doctorate at Vienna, where later he practiced obstetrics and gynecology for most of his professional career. He died in 1854 at the age of 37 from cholera...
, Richard FrommelRichard FrommelRichard Julius Ernst Frommel was a German obstetrician and gynecologist who was a native of Augsburg. In 1877 he received his medical doctorate at the University of Würzburg, and for the next ten years practiced medicine in Vienna, Berlin and Munich. At Berlin he was an assistant to gynecologist... - Chilaiditi syndromeChilaiditi syndromeChilaiditi syndrome is a rare condition when pain occurs due to transposition of a loop of large intestine in between the diaphragm and the liver, visible on plain abdominal X-ray or chest X-ray....
– Demetrius Chilaiditi - Christ-Siemens-Touraine Syndrome – Josef Christ, Hermann Werner SiemensHermann Werner SiemensHermann Werner Siemens was a German dermatologist who first described many skin diseases and was one of the inventors of the twin study.-Biography:...
, Albert TouraineAlbert TouraineAlbert Touraine was a French dermatologist.Hypohidrotic ectodermal dysplasia is named for him.Touraine-Solente-Gole syndrome is also named for him.-References:... - Christensen-Krabbe disease – Erna Christensen, Knud Krabbe
- Christmas disease – Stephen ChristmasStephen ChristmasStephen Christmas was the first patient described to have Christmas disease in 1952 by a group of British doctors.-Biography:...
- Churg-Strauss syndromeChurg-Strauss syndromeChurg–Strauss syndrome is a medium and small vessel autoimmune vasculitis, leading to necrosis. It involves mainly the blood vessels of the lungs , gastrointestinal system, and peripheral nerves, but also affects the heart, skin and kidneys. It is a rare disease that is non-inheritable and...
– Jacob Churg, Lotte Straus - Claude syndrome – Henri ClaudeHenri ClaudeHenri Charles Jules Claude was a French psychiatrist and neurologist who was a native of Paris. He studied medicine under Charles-Joseph Bouchard , and was an assistant to Fulgence Raymond at the Salpêtrière Hospital...
- Clerambault syndrome – Gaëtan Gatian de ClerambaultGaëtan Gatian de ClerambaultGaëtan Henri Alfred Edouard Léon Marie Gatian de Clérambault was a French psychiatrist.De Clérambault gained his thesis in 1899. In 1905 he became assistant physician at the special infirmary for the insane, Prefecture de Police. From 1920 he was head of this institution...
- Clerambault-Kandinsky syndrome – Gaëtan Gatian de ClerambaultGaëtan Gatian de ClerambaultGaëtan Henri Alfred Edouard Léon Marie Gatian de Clérambault was a French psychiatrist.De Clérambault gained his thesis in 1899. In 1905 he became assistant physician at the special infirmary for the insane, Prefecture de Police. From 1920 he was head of this institution...
, Victor Khrisanfovich KandinskyVictor Khrisanfovich KandinskyVictor Khrisanfovich Kandinsky was a Russian physician, and was 2nd cousin to famed artist Wassily Kandinsky. He was born in Siberia into a large family of extremely wealthy businessmen.... - Coats diseaseCoats diseaseCoats’ disease, , is a very rare congenital, nonhereditary eye disorder, causing full or partial blindness, characterized by abnormal development of blood vessels behind the retina.It can have a similar presentation to that of retinoblastoma.-Presentation:Coats’ usually...
– George Coats - Cock peculiar tumor – Edward CockEdward CockEdward Cock , British surgeon, was a nephew of Sir Astley Cooper, and through him became at an early age a member of the staff of the Borough Hospital in London, where he worked in the dissecting room for thirteen years. Afterwards he became in 1838 assistant surgeon at Guy's Hospital, where from...
- Cockayne syndromeCockayne syndromeCockayne syndrome is a rare autosomal recessive, congenital disorder characterized by growth failure, impaired development of the nervous system, abnormal sensitivity to sunlight , and premature aging...
– Edward Alfred CockayneEdward Alfred CockayneEdward Alfred Cockayne was an English physician specializing in pediatrics. He spent most of his medical career at Great Ormond Street Hospital for Sick Children in London.... - Cogan's syndrome – David Glendenning CoganDavid Glendenning Cogan-External links:* http://library.med.utah.edu/NOVEL/Cogan/career/...
- Collet-Sicard syndrome – Frédéric Justin ColletFrédéric Justin ColletFrédéric Justin Collet was a French pathologist and otolaryngologist.He studied medicine in Lyon, where he had as instructors Raphaël Lépine , and Antonin Poncet . In 1894 he obtained his doctorate, and in 1901 was appointed médecin des hôpitaux...
, Jean-Athanase SicardJean-Athanase SicardJean-Athanase Sicard was a French neurologist and radiologist who was born in Marseille.He studied medicine in Marseille and Paris, where he studied with Charles Emile Troisier , Édouard Brissaud , Henri-Alexandre Danlos , Fulgence Raymond and Georges-Fernand-Isidore Widal... - Concato disease – Luigi Maria Concato
- Conn's SyndromeConn's syndromePrimary aldosteronism, also known as primary hyperaldosteronism, is characterized by the overproduction of the mineralocorticoid hormone aldosterone by the adrenal glands., when not a result of excessive renin secretion. Aldosterone causes increase in sodium and water retention and potassium...
– Jerome Conn - Cooley's anemia – Thomas Benton CooleyThomas Benton CooleyThomas Benton Cooley was an American pediatrician and hematologist and professor of hygiene and medicine at the University of Michigan and Wayne State University. He was the director of the Pasteur Institute at the University of Michigan from 1903 to 1904. He worked in private practice in...
- Cori DiseaseGlycogen storage disease type IIIGlycogen storage disease type III is an autosomal recessive metabolic disorder and inborn error of metabolism characterized by a deficiency in glycogen debranching enzymes....
– Carl Ferdinand CoriCarl Ferdinand CoriCarl Ferdinand Cori was a Czech biochemist and pharmacologist born in Prague who, together with his wife Gerty Cori and Argentine physiologist Bernardo Houssay, received a Nobel Prize in 1947 for their discovery of how glycogen – a derivative of glucose – is broken down and...
, Gerty CoriGerty CoriGerty Theresa Cori was an American biochemist who became the third woman—and first American woman—to win a Nobel Prize in science, and the first woman to be awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.Cori was born in Prague... - Cornelia de Lange syndromeCornelia de Lange SyndromeCornelia de Lange Syndrome often termed as Bushy Syndrome is a genetic disorder that can lead to severe developmental anomalies. It affects the physical and intellectual development of a child. Exact incidence is unknown, but it is estimated at 1 in 10,000 to 30,000.! Appx...
– Cornelia Catharina de Lange - Cotard's Syndrome – Jules CotardJules CotardJules Cotard was a French neurologist who is best known for first describing the Cotard delusion, a patient's delusional belief that they are dead, do not exist or do not have bodily organs.-Education:...
- Costen syndrome – James Bray Costen
- Crigler-Najjar syndromeCrigler-Najjar syndromeCrigler-Najjar Syndrome or CNS is a rare disorder affecting the metabolism of bilirubin, a chemical formed from the breakdown of blood. The disorder results in an inherited form of non-hemolytic jaundice, which results in high levels of unconjugated bilirubin and often leads to brain damage in...
– John Fielding Crigler, Victor Assad Najjar - Crocq-Cassirer syndrome – Jean Crocq, Richard CassirerRichard CassirerRichard Cassirer was a German neurologist who was born in Breslau. After receiving his medical doctorate in 1891 he became assistant at the psychiatric clinic in Breslau under Karl Wernicke . In 1893 he went to Vienna and continued his studies under Richard von Krafft-Ebing and Heinrich Obersteiner...
- Creutzfeldt-Jakob diseaseCreutzfeldt-Jakob diseaseCreutzfeldt–Jakob disease or CJD is a degenerative neurological disorder that is incurable and invariably fatal. CJD is at times called a human form of mad cow disease, given that bovine spongiform encephalopathy is believed to be the cause of variant Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease in humans.CJD...
– Hans Gerhard CreutzfeldtHans Gerhard CreutzfeldtHans Gerhard Creutzfeldt was a German neuropathologist, who first described the Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease. He was born in Harburg upon Elbe and died in Munich.-Biography:...
, Alfons Maria JakobAlfons Maria JakobAlfons Maria Jakob was a German neurologist with important contributions on neuropathology.... - Crohn's diseaseCrohn's diseaseCrohn's disease, also known as regional enteritis, is a type of inflammatory bowel disease that may affect any part of the gastrointestinal tract from mouth to anus, causing a wide variety of symptoms...
– Burrill Bernard Crohn - Cronkite-Canada syndrome – L.W. Cronkite, Wilma Canada
- Crouzon syndromeCrouzon syndromeCrouzon syndrome is a genetic disorder known as a branchial arch syndrome. Specifically, this syndrome affects the first branchial arch, which is the precursor of the maxilla and mandible...
– Octave CrouzonOctave CrouzonOctave Crouzon, full name Louis Edouard Octave Crouzon was a French neurologist who was born in Paris. He received his doctorate from the University of Paris where he studied under famous physicians such as Paul Georges Dieulafoy , Joseph Babinski and Pierre Marie... - Cruveilhier-Baumgarten diseaseCruveilhier-Baumgarten diseaseCruveilhier-Baumgarten disease or Pégot-Cruveilhier-Baumgarten disease is a rare medical condition in which the umbilical or paraumbilical veins are distended, with an abdominal wall bruit and palpable thrill, portal hypertension with splenomegaly, hypersplenism and oesophageal varices, with a...
– Jean CruveilhierJean CruveilhierJean Cruveilhier was a French anatomist and pathologist.In 1816 he earned his doctorate in Paris, where in 1825 he succeeded Pierre Augustin Béclard as professor of anatomy...
, Paul Clemens von BaumgartenPaul Clemens von BaumgartenPaul Clemens von Baumgarten was a German pathologist.He was the son of a physician, and was a pupil of Christian Wilhelm Braune and Ernst Leberecht Wagner in Leipzig, and Ernst Neumann . He received his doctorate in Leipzig on August 22, 1873... - Cruz disease – Osvaldo Gonçalves Cruz
- Curling's ulcer – Thomas Blizard CurlingThomas Blizard CurlingThomas Blizard Curling was a British surgeon.He was born in Tavistock Place, London in 1811, the son of civil sevant Daniel and Elizabeth Curling and educated at Manor House, Chiswick...
- Curschmann-Batten-Steinert syndrome – Hans CurschmannHans CurschmannHans Curschmann was a German physician and neurologist remembered for Curschmann-Batten-Steinert syndrome. He attended universities in Freiberg, Leipzig and Munich, earning his doctorate in 1900. From 1900 to 1907 he worked in Leipzig, Heidelberg, Berlin and Tübingen, and from 1907 to 1916 he was...
, Frederick BattenFrederick BattenFrederick Eustace Batten was an English neurologist and pediatrician who has been referred to as the "father of pediatric neurology"....
, Hans Gustav Steinhart - Cushing's diseaseCushing's diseaseCushing's disease is a cause of Cushing's Syndrome characterised by increased secretion of adrenocorticotropic hormone from the anterior pituitary. This is most often as a result of a pituitary adenoma...
– Harvey CushingHarvey CushingHarvey Williams Cushing, M.D. , was an American neurosurgeon and a pioneer of brain surgery, and the first to describe Cushing's syndrome...
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- Da Costa syndrome – Jacob Mendez Da Costa
- Dalrymple diseaseDalrymple's signDalrymple's sign is a widened palpebral opening, or eyelid spasm, seen in thyrotoxicosis , causing abnormal wideness of the palpebral fissure. As a result of the retraction of the upper eyelid, the white of the sclera is visible at the upper margin of the cornea in direct outward stare...
– John DalrympleJohn Dalrymple (physician)John Dalrymple FRS was an English ophthalmologist who was born in Norwich, the son of William Dalrymple. In 1827 he graduated from the University of Edinburgh, and subsequently became an eye surgeon at the Royal London Ophthalmic Hospital.He was elected assistant-surgeon in 1832 and full surgeon... - Danbolt-Closs syndrome – Niels Christian Gauslaa DanboltNiels Christian Gauslaa DanboltNiels Christian Gauslaa Danbolt was a Norwegian professor of medicine.He was born in Bergen. He took the dr.med. degree in 1932, and served as a chief physician at Rikshospitalet and professor at the University of Oslo from 1936 to 1970. The Danbolt-Closs syndrome is named after him and Karl...
, Karl Philipp Closs - Dandy-Walker syndromeDandy-Walker syndromeDandy–Walker syndrome , or Dandy–Walker complex, is a congenital brain malformation involving the cerebellum and the fluid filled spaces around it. A key feature of this syndrome is the partial or even complete absence of the part of the brain located between the two cerebellar hemispheres...
- De Clérambault's syndromeErotomaniaErotomania is a type of delusion in which the affected person believes that another person, usually a stranger or famous person, is in love with him or her. The illness often occurs during psychosis, especially in patients with schizophrenia or bipolar mania...
– Gaëtan Gatian de ClérambaultGaëtan Gatian de ClerambaultGaëtan Henri Alfred Edouard Léon Marie Gatian de Clérambault was a French psychiatrist.De Clérambault gained his thesis in 1899. In 1905 he became assistant physician at the special infirmary for the insane, Prefecture de Police. From 1920 he was head of this institution... - de Quervain's disease – Fritz de QuervainFritz de QuervainFritz de Quervain was a Swiss surgeon born in Sion. He was a leading authority on thyroid disease.In 1892 he received his doctorate from the University of Bern, and several years later became director of the surgical department at a hospital in La Chaux-de-Fonds in the canton of Neuchâtel...
- de Quervain's thyroiditisDe Quervain's thyroiditisde Quervain's thyroiditis, can also be known as subacute granulomatous thyroiditis or Giant Cell Thyroiditis. Males and females of all ages are affected...
– Fritz de QuervainFritz de QuervainFritz de Quervain was a Swiss surgeon born in Sion. He was a leading authority on thyroid disease.In 1892 he received his doctorate from the University of Bern, and several years later became director of the surgical department at a hospital in La Chaux-de-Fonds in the canton of Neuchâtel... - Dejerine-Sottas disease – Joseph Jules DejerineJoseph Jules DejerineJoseph Jules Dejerine , was a French neurologist.Joseph Jules Dejerine was born to French parents in Geneva, Switzerland, where his father was a carriage proprietor. During the Franco-Prussian War Dejerine worked as a volunteer in a Geneva Hospital and in the spring of 1871 decided to pursue his...
, Jules Sottas - Dennie-Marfan syndromeDennie-Marfan syndromeDennie–Marfan syndrome is a syndrome in which there is association of spastic paraplegia of the lower limbs and mental retardation in children with congenital syphilis. Both sexes are affected, and the onset of the disease can be acute or insidious, with slow progression from weakness to quadriplegia...
– Charles Clayton DennieCharles Clayton DennieCharles Clayton Dennie was an American dermatologist remembered for Dennie-Marfan syndrome and Dennie-Morgan fold.- External links :...
, Antoine MarfanAntoine MarfanAntoine Bernard-Jean Marfan was a French pediatrician. He was born in Castelnaudary to Antoine Prosper Marfan and Adélaïde Thuries.... - Dent's diseaseDent's diseaseDent's disease is a rare X-linked recessive inherited condition that affects the proximal renal tubules of the kidney. It is one cause of Fanconi syndrome, and is characterized by tubular proteinuria, hypercalciuria, calcium nephrolithiasis, nephrocalcinosis and chronic renal failure."Dent's...
– C. E. Dent - Denys-Drash syndromeDenys-Drash syndromeDenys-Drash syndrome is a syndrome characterized by the following conditions:* gonadal dysgenesis* nephropathy* Wilms tumorDenys-Drash Syndrome is a very rare disorder.- Etiology :...
– Pierre Denys, Allan L. Drash - Dercum's disease – Francis Xavier DercumFrancis Xavier DercumFrancis Xavier Dercum was an American physician who first described the disease Adiposis dolorosa . He was a noted neurologist and specialised in treating nervous and mental disorders...
- Devic's diseaseDevic's diseaseNeuromyelitis optica , also known as Devic's disease or Devic's syndrome, is an autoimmune, inflammatory disorder in which a person's own immune system attacks the optic nerves and spinal cord. This produces an inflammation of the optic nerve and the spinal cord...
– Eugène DevicEugène DevicEugène Devic was a French neurologist who was a native of Lyon. He studied medicine in Lyon under internist Léon Bouveret... - DiGeorge syndromeDiGeorge syndrome22q11.2 deletion syndrome, which has several presentations including DiGeorge syndrome , DiGeorge anomaly, velo-cardio-facial syndrome, Shprintzen syndrome, conotruncal anomaly face syndrome, Strong syndrome, congenital thymic aplasia, and thymic hypoplasia is a syndrome caused by the deletion of a...
– Angelo DiGeorgeAngelo DiGeorgeAngelo M. DiGeorge was an Italian American physician and pediatric endocrinologist who is renowned for his research on an autosomal dominant immunodeficiency now commonly referred to as DiGeorge syndrome.... - Di Guglielmo's disease – Giovanni di Gugliemo
- DonovanosisDonovanosisGranuloma inguinale is a bacterial disease caused by K. granulomatis characterized by ulcerative genital lesions. It is endemic in many less developed regions...
– Charles DonovanCharles DonovanColonel Charles Donovan MD was born in Calcutta. At the age of thirteen he was sent to Cork City to live with his grandfather to advance his secondary and university education. He studied at Queen's College, Cork and Trinity College, Dublin Colonel Charles Donovan MD (1863–1951) was born in... - Down syndromeDown syndromeDown syndrome, or Down's syndrome, trisomy 21, is a chromosomal condition caused by the presence of all or part of an extra 21st chromosome. It is named after John Langdon Down, the British physician who described the syndrome in 1866. The condition was clinically described earlier in the 19th...
– John Langdon DownJohn Langdon DownJohn Langdon Haydon Down was a British doctor best known for his description of a relatively common genetic disorder that is now called Down syndrome.-Education:... - Dressler's syndromeDressler's syndromeDressler's syndrome is a secondary form of pericarditis that occurs in the setting of injury to the heart or the pericardium...
– Lucas Dressler - Duane syndromeDuane syndromeDuane syndrome is a rare, congenital eye movement disorder most commonly characterized by the inability of the eye to abduct or move outwards...
– Alexander DuaneAlexander DuaneAlexander Duane was an American ophthalmologist who was a native of Malone, New York. He studied medicine at the College of Physicians and Surgeons... - Dubin–Johnson syndrome
- Duchenne muscular dystrophyDuchenne muscular dystrophyDuchenne muscular dystrophy is a recessive X-linked form of muscular dystrophy, which results in muscle degeneration, difficulty walking, breathing, and death. The incidence is 1 in 3,000 boys. Females and males are affected, though females are rarely affected and are more often carriers...
– Guillaume Benjamin Amand Duchenne - Duke's diseaseDuke's diseaseDukes' disease or fourth disease is an exanthem.It is named for Clement Dukes.Some of these eruptions are characteristic of the causative virus, but in most cases one must be satisfied with the diagnosis of viral rash....
– Clement Dukes - Duncan's disease –
- Duncan's syndromeX-linked lymphoproliferative diseaseX-linked lymphoproliferative disease is a lymphoproliferative disorder.-XLP1:There is a mutation on the X-chromosome that has been found to be associated with a T- and NK-cell lymphoproliferative disorder. The mutation is on the long arm of the chromosome, at position 25, which is denoted as Xq25...
- Dupuytren's contractureDupuytren's contractureDupuytren's contracture , is a fixed flexion contracture of the hand where the fingers bend towards the palm and cannot be fully extended...
– Baron Guillaume Dupuytren - Duroziez's diseaseDuroziez's diseaseDuroziez's disease is a congenital variant of mitral stenosis. It was described in 1877 by Paul Louis Duroziez....
– Paul Louis DuroziezPaul Louis DuroziezPaul Louis Duroziez was a French physician remembered for describing Duroziez's sign and Duroziez's disease. He studied medicine in Paris, graduating in 1853. He worked with Jean-Martin Charcot and later as a surgeon in the Franco-Prussian war in 1870...
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- Eales diseaseEales diseaseEales disease, also known as angiopathia retinae juvenilis, periphlebitis retinae, primary perivasculitis of the retina, is an ocular disease characterized by inflammation and possible blockage of retinal blood vessels, abnormal growth of new blood vessels , and recurrent retinal and vitreal...
– Henry Eales - Edwards syndromeEdwards syndromeTrisomy 18 is a genetic disorder caused by the presence of all or part of an extra 18th chromosome. It is named after John H. Edwards, who first described the syndrome in 1960...
– John H. EdwardsJohn H. EdwardsJohn Hilton Edwards was a British medical geneticist. Edwards reported the first description of a syndrome of multiple congenital malformations associated the presence of an extra chromosome. The extra chromosome belonged to the E group of chromosomes which consisted of chromosomes 16, 17 and 18... - Ehlers-Danlos syndromeEhlers-Danlos syndromeEhlers–Danlos syndrome is a group of inherited connective tissue disorders, caused by a defect in the synthesis of collagen . The collagen in connective tissue helps tissues to resist deformation...
– Edvard EhlersEdvard EhlersEdvard Laurits Ehlers was a Danish dermatologist whose name was given to a group of genetic misfunctions of connective tissue, the so-called Ehlers–Danlos syndrome ....
, Henri-Alexandre DanlosHenri-Alexandre DanlosHenri-Alexandre Danlos was a French physician and dermatologist born in Paris. With Danish dermatologist Edvard Ehlers , the Ehlers–Danlos syndrome is named, which is a group of inherited connective tissue disorders.He studied medicine in Paris, and during the early part of his career performed... - EhrlichiosisEhrlichiosisEhrlichiosis is a tick-borne disease of dogs usually caused by the organism Ehrlichia canis. Ehrlichia canis is the pathogen of animals. Humans can become infected by E. canis and other species after tick exposure. German Shepherd dogs are thought to be particularly affected by the disease, other...
– Paul EhrlichPaul EhrlichPaul Ehrlich was a German scientist in the fields of hematology, immunology, and chemotherapy, and Nobel laureate. He is noted for curing syphilis and for his research in autoimmunity, calling it "horror autotoxicus"... - Ekbom's SyndromeEkbom's syndromeEkbom syndrome may refer to:* Restless legs syndrome* Delusional parasitosis...
– Karl Axel Ekborn - Erdheim-Chester diseaseErdheim-Chester diseaseErdheim–Chester disease is a rare disease characterized by the abnormal multiplication of a specific type of white blood cells called histiocytes, or tissue macrophages . Usually, onset is in middle age...
– Jakob ErdheimJakob ErdheimJakob Erdheim was a pathologist.He is credited with the characterization of Erdheim–Chester disease and cystic medial necrosis.-External links:...
, William Chester - Escherichia coliEscherichia coliEscherichia coli is a Gram-negative, rod-shaped bacterium that is commonly found in the lower intestine of warm-blooded organisms . Most E. coli strains are harmless, but some serotypes can cause serious food poisoning in humans, and are occasionally responsible for product recalls...
– Theodor EscherichTheodor EscherichTheodor Escherich was a German-Austrian pediatrician and a professor at universities in Graz, and Vienna...
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- Fabry disease – Johannes Fabry
- Fanconi anemiaFanconi anemiaFanconi anemia is a genetic disease with an incidence of 1 per 350,000 births, with a higher frequency in Ashkenazi Jews and Afrikaners in South Africa.FA is the result of a genetic defect in a cluster of proteins responsible for DNA repair...
– Guido FanconiGuido FanconiGuido Fanconi was a Swiss pediatrician. He was born in Poschiavo, Canton Grisons in the Italian-speaking region of Switzerland. Fanconi is regarded as one of the founders of modern pediatrics.... - Fanconi syndromeFanconi syndromeFalconi syndrome is a disease of the proximal renal tubules of the kidney in which glucose, amino acids, uric acid, phosphate and bicarbonate are passed into the urine, instead of being reabsorbed. Fanconi syndrome affects the proximal tubule, which is the first part of the tubule to process fluid...
– Guido FanconiGuido FanconiGuido Fanconi was a Swiss pediatrician. He was born in Poschiavo, Canton Grisons in the Italian-speaking region of Switzerland. Fanconi is regarded as one of the founders of modern pediatrics.... - Farber diseaseFarber diseaseFarber disease is an extremely rare autosomal recessive lysosomal storage disease that cause an accumulation of fatty material lipids leading to abnormalities in the joints, liver, throat, tissues and central nervous system...
– Sidney FarberSidney FarberSidney Farber was a pediatric pathologist. He was born in 1903 in Buffalo, New York, the third oldest of a family of 14 children. He was a graduate of the University of Buffalo in 1923. He took his first year of medical school at the Universities of Heidelberg and Freiburg in Germany. He entered... - Felty's syndromeFelty's syndromeFelty's syndrome, also called Felty syndrome, is characterized by the combination of rheumatoid arthritis, splenomegaly and neutropenia.-Symptoms:The symptoms of Felty's syndrome are similar to those of rheumatoid arthritis....
– Augustus Roi Felty - Fitz-Hugh–Curtis syndrome – Thomas Fitz-Hugh Jr, Arthur Hale Curtis
- Foix-Alajouanine diseaseFoix-Alajouanine syndromeFoix-Alajouanine syndrome is a disorder caused by an arteriovenous malformation of the spinal cord. The patients present with symptoms indicating spinal cord involvement , and pathological examination reveals disseminated nerve cell death in the spinal cord and abnormally dilated and tortuous vessels...
– Charles FoixCharles FoixCharles Foix was a French internist and neurologist.Charles Foix was born in Salies-de-Béarn, Pyrénées-Atlantiques. He studied medicine at the University of Paris and was a pupil of Pierre Marie at the Salpêtrière Hospital...
, Théophile AlajouanineThéophile AlajouanineThéophile Alajouanine was a French neurologist.Théophile Alajouanine was a student of Joseph Jules Dejerine and a colleague to Georges Guillain and Charles Foix... - Fournier gangreneFournier gangreneFournier's gangrene is a type of necrotizing infection or gangrene usually affecting the perineum.It was first described by Baurienne in 1764 and is named after a French venereologist, Jean-Alfred Fournier following five cases he presented in clinical lectures in 1883.-Cause:In the majority of...
– Jean Alfred FournierJean Alfred FournierJean Alfred Fournier was a French dermatologist who specialized in the study of venereal diseases.As a young man he served as an interne at the Hôpital du Midi as an understudy to Philippe Ricord . In 1863 he became médecine des hôpitaux, and from 1867 worked with Augustin Grisolle at the... - Forbe's DiseaseGlycogen storage disease type IIIGlycogen storage disease type III is an autosomal recessive metabolic disorder and inborn error of metabolism characterized by a deficiency in glycogen debranching enzymes....
– Gilbert Burnett Forbes - Friedreich's ataxiaFriedreich's ataxiaFriedreich's ataxia is an inherited disease that causes progressive damage to the nervous system, resulting in symptoms ranging from gait disturbance to speech problems; it can also lead to heart disease and diabetes....
– Nikolaus FriedreichNikolaus FriedreichNikolaus Friedreich was a German pathologist and neurologist, and a third generation physician in the Friedreich family... - Fuchs' dystrophyFuchs' dystrophyFuchs' dystrophy, also known as Fuchs' endothelial dystrophy, is a slowly progressing corneal disease that usually affects both eyes and is slightly more common in women than in men...
– Ernst FuchsErnst Fuchs (doctor)Ernst Fuchs was an Austrian ophthalmologist and physician best known for his contribution to description and identification of Fuchs heterochromic iridocyclitis in 1906, Fuchs's dystrophy, and his contributions in the field of ophthalmology including but not limited to Fuchs spot...
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- Ganser syndromeGanser syndromeGanser syndrome is a rare dissociative disorder previously classified as a factitious disorder. It is characterized by nonsensical or wrong answers to questions or doing things incorrectly, other dissociative symptoms such as fugue, amnesia or conversion disorder, often with visual...
– Sigbert Ganser - Gaucher's diseaseGaucher's diseaseGaucher's disease is a genetic disease in which a fatty substance accumulates in cells and certain organs.Gaucher's disease is the most common of the lysosomal storage diseases. It is caused by a hereditary deficiency of the enzyme glucosylceramidase. The enzyme acts on the fatty acid...
– Philippe GaucherPhilippe GaucherPhilippe Charles Ernest Gaucher was a French dermatologist born in the department of Nièvre.He received his medical doctorate in 1882, and soon after headed a medical clinic at Necker Hospital. During the subsequent years he was an instructor at several hospital clinics in Paris... - Ghon focusGhon focusA Ghon focus is a primary lesion caused by mycobacterium bacilli developed in the lung of a previously uninfected individual. It is named for Anton Ghon , an Austrian pathologist....
– Anton GhonAnton GhonAnton Ghon was an Austrian pathologist who was a native of Villach. In 1890 he earned his medical degree in Graz, and afterwards spent several years at the pathological institute in Vienna, where he worked with Anton Weichselbaum... - Gilbert syndrome – Augustin Nicolas GilbertAugustin Nicolas GilbertAugustin Nicolas Gilbert was a French physician who was born in the town of Buzancy, Ardennes. He received his doctorate from the University of Paris and became an interne at the Hôtel-Dieu de Paris. Later he was a professor of therapeutics and clinical medicine at Hôtel-Dieu...
, French gastroenterologist - Graves' diseaseGraves' diseaseGraves' disease is an autoimmune disease where the thyroid is overactive, producing an excessive amount of thyroid hormones...
– Robert James GravesRobert James GravesRobert James Graves, M.D., F.R.C.S. was an eminent Irish surgeon after whom Graves' disease takes its name. He was President of the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland, Fellow of the Royal Society of London and the founder of the Dublin Journal of Medical Science... - Graves-Basedow diseaseGraves-Basedow diseaseGraves' disease is an autoimmune disease where the thyroid is overactive, producing an excessive amount of thyroid hormones...
– Robert James GravesRobert James GravesRobert James Graves, M.D., F.R.C.S. was an eminent Irish surgeon after whom Graves' disease takes its name. He was President of the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland, Fellow of the Royal Society of London and the founder of the Dublin Journal of Medical Science...
, Karl Adolph von BasedowKarl Adolph von BasedowCarl Adolph von Basedow was a German physician most famous for reporting the symptoms of what could later be dubbed Graves-Basedow disease, now technically known as exophthalmic goiter.-Biography:... - Grawitz tumor (nephrocellular carcinoma) – Paul Albert Grawitz, German pathologist
- Grinker myelinopathyGrinker myelinopathyGrinker myelinopathy is the eponym given to the neuropathological phenomenon of white matter destruction occurring weeks after carbon monoxide poisoning. It is named after the pathologist who first described it in 1925....
- Guillain-Barré syndromeGuillain-Barré syndromeGuillain–Barré syndrome , sometimes called Landry's paralysis, is an acute inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy , a disorder affecting the peripheral nervous system. Ascending paralysis, weakness beginning in the feet and hands and migrating towards the trunk, is the most typical symptom...
– Georges GuillainGeorges GuillainGeorges Charles Guillain was a French neurologist born in Rouen.He studied medicine in Rouen and Paris, where he learned clinical education at several hospitals. He developed an interest in neurology, and his first important scientific work involved lesions of the plexus brachialis...
, Jean Alexandre BarréJean Alexandre BarréJean Alexandre Barré , French neurologist, worked in 1916 on the identification of the Guillain-Barré syndrome.... - Gunther's diseaseGunther's diseaseGunther disease, also known as congenital erythropoietic porphyria , uroporphyrinogen III synthase deficiency and UROS deficiency, is a congenital form of erythropoietic porphyria. It is a rare, autosomal recessive metabolic disorder affecting heme, caused by deficiency of the enzyme...
– Hans Gunther - Glanzmann's thrombastheniaGlanzmann's thrombastheniaGlanzmann's thrombasthenia is an abnormality of platelets. It is an extremely rare coagulopathy , in which the platelets lack glycoprotein IIb/IIIa...
– Eduard Glanzmann - Gorlin-Goltz syndrome – Robert J. GorlinRobert J. GorlinRobert James Gorlin was a professor and researcher at the University of Minnesota known for pioneering research into craniofacial disorders.Gorlin was born in Hudson, New York on January 11, 1923, and died in Minneapolis, Minnesota on August 29, 2006....
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- Hailey-Hailey disease – Hugh Edward Hailey, William Howard Hailey
- Hallervorden-Spatz disease – Julius HallervordenJulius HallervordenJulius Hallervorden was a German physician and neuroscientist. In 1938, he became the head of the Neuropathology Department of the Kaiser Wilhelm Institute for Brain Research. He was a member of the Nazi Party, and admitted to knowingly performing much of his controversial research on the brains...
, Hugo SpatzHugo SpatzHugo Spatz was a German neuropathologist. In 1937, he was appointed director of the Kaiser Wilhelm Institute for Brain Research. He was a member of the Nazi Party, and admitted to knowingly performing much of his controversial research on the brains of executed prisoners... - Hand-Schüller-Christian diseaseHand-Schüller-Christian diseaseHand-Schüller-Christian disease is associated with multifocal Langerhans cell histiocytosis.It is associated with a triad of exophthalmos, lytic bone lesions , and diabetes insipidus ....
– Alfred Hand, Artur Schüller, Henry Asbury Christian - Hansen's diseaseLeprosyLeprosy or Hansen's disease is a chronic disease caused by the bacteria Mycobacterium leprae and Mycobacterium lepromatosis. Named after physician Gerhard Armauer Hansen, leprosy is primarily a granulomatous disease of the peripheral nerves and mucosa of the upper respiratory tract; skin lesions...
– Gerhard Armauer HansenGerhard Armauer HansenGerhard Henrik Armauer Hansen was a Norwegian physician, remembered for his identification of the bacterium Mycobacterium leprae in 1873 as the causative agent of leprosy.... - Hardikar Syndrome – Winita Hardikar
- Hartnup diseaseHartnup diseaseHartnup disease is an autosomal recessive metabolic disorder affecting the absorption of nonpolar amino acids...
– - Hashimoto thyroiditis – Hashimoto HakaruHashimoto Hakaruwas a Japanese medical scientist of the Meiji period and Taishō period.He was born on May 5, 1881, in the village of Midau, Nishitsuge, in Mie Prefecture. He graduated from Kyushu University medical school in 1907...
- Henoch-Schönlein purpuraHenoch-Schönlein purpuraHenoch–Schönlein purpura is a disease of the skin and other organs that most commonly affects children. In the skin, the disease causes palpable purpura ; often with joint and abdominal pain...
– Eduard Heinrich HenochEduard Heinrich HenochEduard Heinrich Henoch was a German physician. He taught at the Berlin University .-Work:...
, Johann Lukas SchönleinJohann Lukas SchönleinJohann Lukas Schönlein was a German naturalist, and professor of medicine, born in Bamberg. He studied medicine at Landshut, Jena, Göttingen, and Würzburg... - Heyde's syndromeHeyde's syndromeHeyde's syndrome is a syndrome of aortic valve stenosis associated with gastrointestinal bleeding from colonic angiodysplasia. It is named after Dr. Edward C. Heyde, who first described the association in 1958...
– Edward C. Heyde - Hirschsprung disease – Harald HirschsprungHarald HirschsprungHarald Hirschsprung was a Danish physician who first described Hirschsprung's disease in 1886.-Life and medical career:Harald Hirschsprung was a native of Copenhagen....
, Danish physician - Hodgkin disease, Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma – Thomas HodgkinThomas HodgkinThomas Hodgkin was a British physician, considered one of the most prominent pathologists of his time and a pioneer in preventive medicine. He is now best known for the first account of Hodgkin's disease, a form of lymphoma and blood disease, in 1832...
- Horton headache – Bayard Taylor Horton
- Huntington's diseaseHuntington's diseaseHuntington's disease, chorea, or disorder , is a neurodegenerative genetic disorder that affects muscle coordination and leads to cognitive decline and dementia. It typically becomes noticeable in middle age. HD is the most common genetic cause of abnormal involuntary writhing movements called chorea...
– George HuntingtonGeorge HuntingtonGeorge Huntington was an American physician who contributed a classic clinical description of the disease that bears his name -- Huntington's disease....
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- Jaeken's diseaseCDG syndromeA congenital disorder of glycosylation is one of several rare inborn errors of metabolism in which glycosylation of a variety of tissue proteins and/or lipids is deficient or defective. Congenital disorders of glycosylation are sometimes known as CDG syndromes...
– Jaak Jaeken - Jakob-Creutzfeldt disease – Alfons Maria JakobAlfons Maria JakobAlfons Maria Jakob was a German neurologist with important contributions on neuropathology....
, Hans Gerhard CreutzfeldtHans Gerhard CreutzfeldtHans Gerhard Creutzfeldt was a German neuropathologist, who first described the Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease. He was born in Harburg upon Elbe and died in Munich.-Biography:...
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- Kahler's disease – Otto KahlerOtto KahlerOtto Kahler was an Austrian physician. Born and trained in Prague, he is best known for describing multiple myeloma, a hematological malignancy, which is called "Kahler's disease" in his honor in several countries...
- Kanner syndrome – Leo KannerLeo KannerLeo Kanner was a Jewish American psychiatrist and physician known for his work related to autism. Kanner's work formed the foundation of child and adolescent psychiatry in the U.S. and worldwide....
(this name is rarely used now) - Kaposi sarcomaKaposi's sarcomaKaposi's sarcoma is a tumor caused by Human herpesvirus 8 , also known as Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus . It was originally described by Moritz Kaposi , a Hungarian dermatologist practicing at the University of Vienna in 1872. It became more widely known as one of the AIDS defining...
– Moritz Kaposi, Hungarian dermatologist - Kashin-Beck diseaseKashin-Beck DiseaseKashin-Beck disease is a chronic, endemic osteochondropathy , which is mainly distributed from northeastern to southwestern China involving 15 provinces . Tibet currently has the highest incidence rate of KBD in China . Southeast Siberia and North Korea are also other affected areas...
– Nicolai Ivanowich Kashin, Evgeny Vladimirovich Bek, Russian military physicians - Kawasaki diseaseKawasaki diseaseKawasaki disease , also known as Kawasaki syndrome, lymph node syndrome and mucocutaneous lymph node syndrome, is an autoimmune disease in which the medium-sized blood vessels throughout the body become inflamed. It is largely seen in children under five years of age...
– Tomisaku KawasakiTomisaku Kawasakiis a Japanese pediatrician.Kawasaki disease is named for him. He published a description in Japanese in 1967, and a description in English in 1974.He first observed the condition in 1961.... - Kearns-Sayre syndromeKearns-Sayre syndromeKearns–Sayre syndrome also known as oculocraniosomatic disease or Oculocraniosomatic neuromuscular disease with ragged red fibers is a mitochondrial myopathy with a typical onset before 20 years of age...
– Thomas P. Kearns, George Pomeroy Sayre - Kenny syndrome – Frederic Marshal Kenny
- Kienbock's diseaseKienbock's diseaseKienbock's disease is a disorder of the wrist. It is named for Dr. Robert Kienböck, a radiologist in Vienna, Austria who described osteomalacia of the lunate in 1910....
– Robert KienböckRobert KienböckRobert Kienböck was an Austrian radiologist who was a native of Vienna.In 1895 he earned his medical doctorate at the University of Vienna, and spent the next year abroad. He returned to Vienna as an assistant to Leopold von Schrötter , a laryngologist, and began working in the new science of...
, Austrian radiologist - Kikuchi's disease – Masahiro Kikuchi, Y.Fujimoto
- Kimmelstiel-Wilson disease – Paul Kimmelstiel, Clifford Wilson
- Kimura's disease – T. Kimura
- King-Kopetzky syndromeKing-Kopetzky syndromeKing–Kopetzky syndrome is an auditory disability which appears as clinically as a “normal” hearing threshold.It is also known as auditory processing disorder or auditory disability with normal hearing ,...
– P.F.King, Samuel J. Kopetzky - Kinsbourne syndrome – Marcel KinsbourneMarcel KinsbourneMarcel Kinsbourne is an Austrian-born pediatric neurologist and neuroscientist who was an early pioneer in the study of brain lateralization. He is presently a Professor of Psychology at both The New School in New York City and the Center for Cognitive Studies at Tufts University.Dr. Kinsbourne...
, Austrian neurologist. - Kjer's optic neuropathy – Poul KjerPoul KjerPaul Kjer, Danish ophthalmologist, studied a condition in nineteen families that was characterized by infantile optic atrophy along with a dominant inheritance mode. In 1959, the condition was named Kjer's optic neuropathy in his honor.-Partial bibliography:...
, Danish ophthalmologist - Klatskin's tumor – Gerald Klatskin
- Klinefelter's syndromeKlinefelter's syndromeKlinefelter syndrome, 46/47, XXY, or XXY syndrome is a condition in which human males have an extra X chromosome. While females have an XX chromosomal makeup, and males an XY, affected individuals have at least two X chromosomes and at least one Y chromosome...
– Harry KlinefelterHarry KlinefelterHarry Fitch Klinefelter, Jr. was an American rheumatologist and endocrinologist.-Biography:Klinefelter studied first at the University of Virginia, Charlottesville and then at Johns Hopkins Medical School. After his graduation in 1937 he continued his training in internal medicine at the Johns... - Klüver-Bucy syndromeKlüver-Bucy syndromeKlüver-Bucy syndrome is a behavioral disorder that occurs when both the right and left medial temporal lobes of the brain malfunction. The amygdala has been a particularly implicated brain region in the pathogenesis of this syndrome. The syndrome is named for Heinrich Klüver and Paul...
– Heinrich KlüverHeinrich KlüverHeinrich Klüver was a German-American psychologist born in Holstein, Germany.After having served in the Imperial Germany Army during World War I, he studied at both the University of Hamburg and the University of Berlin from 1920-23. In the latter year, he arrived in the United States to attend...
, Paul BucyPaul BucyPaul Bucy was an American neuropathologist who was a native of Hubbard, Iowa. He studied medicine at the University of Iowa, and afterwards was an assistant to neurosurgeon Percival Bailey at the University of Chicago... - Köhler diseaseKohler diseaseKöhler disease is a rare bone disorder of the foot found in children between six and nine years of age. The disease typically affects boys, but it can also affect girls. It was first described in 1908 by Alban Köhler , a German radiologist.It is caused when the navicular bone temporarily loses...
– Alban KöhlerAlban KohlerAlban Köhler was a German radiologist. Born in Petsa , he discovered a rare foot disorder found in children which was named Köhler disease in his honour. He died in Niederselters.-External links:* - whonamedit.com...
, German radiologist. - Korsakoff syndrome – Sergei Korsakof, neuropsychiatrist
- Krabbe's diseaseKrabbe diseaseKrabbe disease is a rare, often fatal degenerative disorder that affects the myelin sheath of the nervous system. This condition is inherited in an autosomal recessive pattern...
– Knud Haraldsen Krabbe, Danish neurologist - Krukenberg tumorKrukenberg tumorA Krukenberg tumor refers to a malignancy in the ovary that metastasized from a primary site, classically the gastrointestinal tract, although it can arise in other tissues such as the breast. Gastric adenocarcinoma, especially at the pylorus, is the most common source...
– Friedrich Ernst KrukenbergFriedrich Ernst KrukenbergFriedrich Ernst Krukenberg was a German physician who was a native of Halle an der Saale. He was a brother to orthopedic surgeon Hermann Krukenberg , and Georg Heinrich Peter Krukenberg , who was a professor of gynecology at the University of Bonn.Krukenberg originally studied in his native city...
, German physician - Kugelberg-Welander disease – Erik Klas Henrik Kugelberg, Lisa Welander
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- Lafora's disease – Gonzalo Rodriguez LaforaGonzalo Rodriguez LaforaGonzalo Rodríguez-Lafora was a Spanish neurologist. He was best known now for describing the intracytoplasmic inclusion bodies in "Lafora disease". In total, he published approximately 200 papers covering a wide range of subjects in neurology, psychiatry, and neuropathology...
, a Spanish neuropathologist - Legg-Calvé-Perthes diseaseLegg-Calvé-Perthes syndromeLegg–Calvé–Perthes syndrome is a degenerative disease of the hip joint, where growth/loss of bone mass leads to some degree of collapse of the hip joint and to deformity of the ball of the femur and the surface of the hip socket...
– Arthur Legg, Jacques Calvé and Georg PerthesGeorg PerthesGeorg Clemens Perthes was a German surgeon and X-ray diagnostic pioneer who was born in Moers, Germany.-Biography:... - Leigh's diseaseLeigh's diseaseLeigh's disease, also known as Subacute Necrotizing Encephalomyelopathy , is a rare neurometabolic disorder that affects the central nervous system...
– Denis Archibald Leigh, British psychiatrist - Leiner syndrome – Karl Leiner, André Moussous
- LeishmaniasisLeishmaniasisLeishmaniasis is a disease caused by protozoan parasites that belong to the genus Leishmania and is transmitted by the bite of certain species of sand fly...
– Sir William Boog Leishman - Lemierre's syndromeLemierre's syndromeLemierre's syndrome is a form of thrombophlebitis usually caused by the bacterium Fusobacterium necrophorum, and occasionally by other members of the genus Fusobacterium and usually affects young, healthy adults...
– André LemierreAndré LemierreAndré-Alfred Lemierre was a French bacteriologist.He studied in Paris where he became an externe in 1896, interne in 1900. He obtained his doctorate in 1904, became Médecin de Hôpitaux in 1912 and later worked in the Hôspital Bichat. He was habilitated in 1913 and in 1926 was promoted to professor... - Lenègre's disease – Jean Lenègre
- Lesch-Nyhan syndromeLesch-Nyhan syndromeLesch–Nyhan syndrome , also known as Nyhan's syndrome, Kelley-Seegmiller syndrome and Juvenile gout, is a rare inherited disorder caused by a deficiency of the enzyme hypoxanthine-guanine phosphoribosyltransferase , produced by mutations in the HPRT gene located on X chromosome. LNS affects about...
– Michael LeschMichael LeschDr. Michael Lesch was a distinguished American physician and medical educator who helped identify an important genetic disorder associated with retardation and self-mutilation. This disease is now known as the Lesch-Nyhan syndrome...
, William Leo Nyhan, a pediatrician - Letterer-Siwe diseaseLetterer-Siwe diseaseLetterer–Siwe disease is a genetic disorder considered to be a type of histiocytosis . It is sometimes classified as a form of Langerhans cell histiocytosis, or as a form of histiocytosis X. It is most commonly seen in children less than two years old...
– Erich Letterer, Sture Siwe - Lev's diseaseLev's diseaseLev's disease is an acquired complete heart block due to idiopathic fibrosis and calcification of the electrical conduction system of the heart...
– Maurice Lev, Jean Lenègre - Libman-Sacks disease – Emanuel Libman, Benjamin Sacks
- Lobomycosis – Jorge Lobo, Brazilian dermatologist
- Löffler's eosinophilic endocarditis – Wilhelm Löffler
- Ludwig's anginaLudwig's anginaLudwig's angina, otherwise known as angina ludovici, is a serious, potentially life-threatening cellulitis, or connective tissue infection, of the floor of the mouth, usually occurring in adults with concomitant dental infections. It is named after the German physician, Wilhelm Friedrich von Ludwig...
– Wilhelm Friedrich von Ludwig, German physician - Lynch syndrome – Henry T. Lynch
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- Machado-Joseph diseaseMachado-Joseph diseaseMachado–Joseph disease or Spinocerebellar ataxia type 3 is a rare autosomal, dominantly inherited neurodegenerative disease that causes progressive cerebellar ataxia, which results in a lack of muscle control and coordination of the upper and lower extremities...
(Spinocerebellar ataxiaSpinocerebellar ataxiaSpinocerebellar ataxia is a progressive, degenerative, genetic disease with multiple types, each of which could be considered a disease in its own right.-Classification:...
type 3) – - Marie-Foix-Alajouanine syndrome – Pierre Marie, Charles FoixCharles FoixCharles Foix was a French internist and neurologist.Charles Foix was born in Salies-de-Béarn, Pyrénées-Atlantiques. He studied medicine at the University of Paris and was a pupil of Pierre Marie at the Salpêtrière Hospital...
, Théophile AlajouanineThéophile AlajouanineThéophile Alajouanine was a French neurologist.Théophile Alajouanine was a student of Joseph Jules Dejerine and a colleague to Georges Guillain and Charles Foix... - Maladie de CharcotMotor neurone diseaseThe motor neurone diseases are a group of neurological disorders that selectively affect motor neurones, the cells that control voluntary muscle activity including speaking, walking, breathing, swallowing and general movement of the body. They are generally progressive in nature, and can cause...
, French name for Motor Neurone DiseaseMotor neurone diseaseThe motor neurone diseases are a group of neurological disorders that selectively affect motor neurones, the cells that control voluntary muscle activity including speaking, walking, breathing, swallowing and general movement of the body. They are generally progressive in nature, and can cause...
– Jean-Martin CharcotJean-Martin CharcotJean-Martin Charcot was a French neurologist and professor of anatomical pathology. He is known as "the founder of modern neurology" and is "associated with at least 15 medical eponyms", including Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis...
, a French neurologist - Mallory-Weiss syndromeMallory-Weiss syndromeMallory–Weiss syndrome or gastro-esophageal laceration syndrome refers to bleeding from tears in the mucosa at the junction of the stomach and esophagus, usually caused by severe retching, coughing, or vomiting.-Causes:...
– G. Kenneth Mallory and Soma WeissSoma WeissSoma Weiss was born in Beszterce, Transylvania, then part of Hungary. He studied physiology and biochemistry in Budapest. Immediately after the end of World War I, he emigrated to the United States and qualified in medicine in 1923... - Mansonellosis – Sir Patrick Manson
- Marburg multiple sclerosisMarburg multiple sclerosisMarburg multiple sclerosis, also known as fulminant multiple sclerosis, is considered one of the multiple sclerosis borderline diseases, which is a collection of diseases classified by some as MS variants and by others as different diseases. Other diseases in this group are Neuromyelitis optica ,...
– Otto MarburgOtto MarburgDr. Otto Marburg was a doctor who was born in Austria Hungary.-Career:He was head of the University of Vienna's Neurological Institute for 19 years. He later went to the U.S... - Marfan syndromeMarfan syndromeMarfan syndrome is a genetic disorder of the connective tissue. People with Marfan's tend to be unusually tall, with long limbs and long, thin fingers....
– - Antoine MarfanAntoine MarfanAntoine Bernard-Jean Marfan was a French pediatrician. He was born in Castelnaudary to Antoine Prosper Marfan and Adélaïde Thuries....
, French pediatrician. - Marshall-Smith syndromeMarshall-Smith syndromeMarshall-Smith Syndrome, discovered in 1971 , is characterized by unusual accelerated skeletal maturation and symptoms like conspicuous physical characteristics, respiratory difficulties, and mental retardation. Cases described in the literature show a clinical variabililty regarding related...
– Richard E. Marshall and David Weyhe SmithDavid Weyhe SmithDavid Weyhe Smith was an American pediatrician and dysmorphologist.Smith was born in Oakland, California. He gained his medical degree from Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and worked with Lawson Wilkins in the field of pediatric endocrinology... - McArdle's Disease – Brian McArdleBrian McArdleBrian McArdle was a British doctor. Glycogen storage disease type V was named for him as McArdle's disease.-References:...
- McCune-Albright syndromeMcCune-Albright syndromeMcCune–Albright syndrome, described in 1937 by Donovan James McCune and Fuller Albright, is a genetic disorder of bones, skin pigmentation and hormonal problems along with premature puberty.-Symptoms:...
– Donovan James McCune and Fuller Albright - Meig's syndrome – Joe Vincent MeigsJoe Vincent MeigsJoe Vincent Meigs , was an American obstetrician and gynaecologist.Meigs was a grandson of Captain Joe Vincent Meigs, who invented an experimental steam monorail known as the Meigs single-track elevated railroad. Meigs syndrome is named after him.-References:...
- Ménétrier's diseaseMénétrier's diseaseMénétrier disease , a disorder in which the gastric mucosal folds are enlarged , making the surface of the stomach look a bit like the brain gyri...
– Pierre Eugène MénétrierPierre Eugène MénétrierPierre Eugène Ménétrier was a French pathologist from Paris. He is remembered for his description of a rare gastric disorder that was later to become known as Ménétrier's disease....
, French physician - Ménière’s disease – Prosper MénièreProsper MénièreProsper Ménière , born in Angers, France. Ménière was lycée and university educated where he excelled at humanities and classics. He completed his gold medal in medical studies at Hôtel-Dieu de Paris in 1826, and his M.D...
- Menkes diseaseMenkes diseaseMenkes disease , also called Menkes syndrome, copper transport disease, steely hair disease, kinky hair disease, or Menkes kinky hair syndrome, is a disorder that affects copper levels in the body, leading to copper deficiency...
– John Hans Menkes - Mikulicz's disease – Jan Mikulicz-RadeckiJan Mikulicz-RadeckiJan Mikulicz-Radecki was a Polish-Austrian surgeon. He was born May 16, 1850 in Czernowitz in the Austrian Empire and died June 4, 1905 in Breslau, German Empire .While his mother Freiin von Damnitz was Austrian, his parental ancestors of the Mikulicz...
(see also: associated eponyms) - Mondor's diseaseMondor's diseaseMondor's disease is a rare condition which involves thrombophlebitis of the superficial veins of the breast and anterior chest wall...
– Henri MondorHenri MondorHenri Mondor was a French physician, surgeon, and a historian of French literature and medicine....
, French surgeon. - Monge's disease – Carlos Monge
- Mucha-Habermann diseasePityriasis lichenoides et varioliformis acutaPityriasis lichenoides et varioliformis acuta is a disease of the immune system. It is the more severe version of Pityriasis lichenoides chronica...
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- Ormond disease – John Kelso OrmondJohn Kelso OrmondJohn Kelso Ormond was an American urologist who rediscovered retroperitoneal fibrosis in 1948.He was born in 1886 in Armstrong County, Pennsylvania and died February 25, 1978, in Ann Arbor, Michigan....
- Osgood-Schlatter diseaseOsgood-Schlatter diseaseOsgood–Schlatter disease and or syndrome is an irritation of the patellar tendon at the tibial tuberosity....
– Robert Bayley Osgood, Carl B. Schlatter - Osler-Weber-RenduHereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasiaHereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia , also known as Osler-Weber-Rendu disease and Osler-Weber-Rendu syndrome, is a genetic disorder that leads to abnormal blood vessel formation in the skin, mucous membranes, and often in organs such as the lungs, liver and brain.It may lead to nosebleeds, acute...
– Sir William OslerWilliam OslerSir William Osler, 1st Baronet was a physician. He was one of the "Big Four" founding professors at Johns Hopkins Hospital as the first Professor of Medicine and founder of the Medical Service there. Sir William Osler, 1st Baronet (July 12, 1849 – December 29, 1919) was a physician. He was...
, Henri Jules Louis Marie Rendu and Frederick Parkes Weber
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- Paget's disease of bonePaget's disease of bonePaget's disease is a chronic disorder that can result in enlarged and misshapen bones. The excessive breakdown and formation of bone tissue causes affected bone to weaken, resulting in pain, misshapen bones, fractures, and arthritis in the joints near the affected bones...
(* Paget's diseasePaget's disease of bonePaget's disease is a chronic disorder that can result in enlarged and misshapen bones. The excessive breakdown and formation of bone tissue causes affected bone to weaken, resulting in pain, misshapen bones, fractures, and arthritis in the joints near the affected bones...
) – Sir James PagetJames PagetSir James Paget, 1st Baronet was a British surgeon and pathologist who is best remembered for Paget's disease and who is considered, together with Rudolf Virchow, as one of the founders of scientific medical pathology. His famous works included Lectures on Tumours and Lectures on Surgical Pathology...
, British surgeon - Paget's disease of the breastPaget's disease of the breastPaget's disease of the breast is a malignant condition that outwardly may have the appearance of eczema, with skin changes involving the nipple of the breast....
(* Paget's disease of the nipple) – Sir James PagetJames PagetSir James Paget, 1st Baronet was a British surgeon and pathologist who is best remembered for Paget's disease and who is considered, together with Rudolf Virchow, as one of the founders of scientific medical pathology. His famous works included Lectures on Tumours and Lectures on Surgical Pathology...
, British surgeon - Paget's disease of the penis – Sir James PagetJames PagetSir James Paget, 1st Baronet was a British surgeon and pathologist who is best remembered for Paget's disease and who is considered, together with Rudolf Virchow, as one of the founders of scientific medical pathology. His famous works included Lectures on Tumours and Lectures on Surgical Pathology...
, British surgeon - Parkinson's diseaseParkinson's diseaseParkinson's disease is a degenerative disorder of the central nervous system...
– James ParkinsonJames ParkinsonJames Parkinson was an English apothecary surgeon, geologist, paleontologist, and political activist. He is most famous for his 1817 work, An Essay on the Shaking Palsy in which he was the first to describe "paralysis agitans", a condition that would later be renamed Parkinson's disease by...
– - Patau syndromePatau syndromePatau syndrome, also known as trisomy 13 and trisomy D, is a chromosomal abnormality, a syndrome in which a patient has an additional chromosome 13 due to a nondisjunction of chromosomes during meiosis. Some are caused by Robertsonian translocations...
– Klaus PatauKlaus PatauKlaus Patau was a German-born American geneticist. He received his PhD from the University of Berlin in 1936, worked from 1938 to 1939 in London, and then returned to Germany, where he worked at the Kaiser Wilhelm Institute for Biology until 1947. He emigrated to the United States in 1948 and... - Pelizeus-Merzbacher disease – Friedrich Christoph PelizaeusFriedrich Christoph PelizaeusFriedrich Christoph Pelizaeus was a German balneologist and neurologist who was a native of Rietberg.In 1874 he earned his medical doctorate from the University of Würzburg, and afterwards was an assistant to Karl Friedrich Ferdinand Runge at the resort in Nassau an der Lahn...
and Ludwig MerzbacherLudwig MerzbacherLudwig Merzbacher was a German neuropathologist and psychiatrist who was born in Florence, Italy.In 1900 he received his medical doctorate from the University of Strassburg, and remained in Strassburg as an assistant at the physiological institute... - Perthes syndrome – Arthur Legg, Jacques Calvé and Georg PerthesGeorg PerthesGeorg Clemens Perthes was a German surgeon and X-ray diagnostic pioneer who was born in Moers, Germany.-Biography:...
- Peyronie's diseasePeyronie's diseasePeyronie's Disease Peyronie's Disease Peyronie's Disease (also known as "Induratio penis plastica", or more recently Chronic Inflammation of the Tunica Albuginea (CITA), is a connective tissue disorder involving the growth of fibrous plaques in the soft tissue of the penis affecting up to 10% of men...
– François Gigot de la PeyronieFrançois Gigot de la PeyronieFrançois Gigot de la Peyronie was a French surgeon who was born in Montpellier, France. His name is associated with a condition known as Peyronie's disease.... - Pick's diseasePick's diseasePick's disease, is a rare neurodegenerative disease that causes progressive destruction of nerve cells in the brain. Symptoms include loss of speech , and dementia. While some of the symptoms can initially be alleviated, the disease progresses and patients often die within two to ten years...
– Arnold PickArnold PickArnold Pick was a Czech neurologist and psychiatrist. He is known for identifying the clinical syndrome of Pick's Disease and the Pick bodies that are characteristic of the disorder. He was the first to name reduplicative paramnesia. He was also to use the term dementia praecox .- External links... - Pickardt syndromePickardt syndromePickardt-syndrome denotes a rare form of tertiary hypothyroidism that is caused by interruption of the portal veins connecting hypothalamus and pituitary.It was characterized in 1972 and 1973....
– - Plummer's disease – Henry Stanley PlummerHenry Stanley PlummerHenry Stanley Plummer, M.D. was a prominent internist and endocrinologist who, along with Drs. William Mayo, Charles Mayo, Stinchfield, E. Starr Judd, Christopher Graham, and Donald Balfour founded Mayo Clinic. Dr...
- Poland's syndrome – Sir Alfred PolandAlfred PolandSir Alfred Poland was a 19th century British surgeon. He is now best known for the first account of Poland syndrome, a congenital deformity now described as an underdevelopment or absence of the chest muscle on one side of the body and webbing of the fingers of the hand on the same side .Poland...
- Pompe's disease – Johann Cassianius Pompe
- Pott's diseasePott's diseasePott's disease is a presentation of extrapulmonary tuberculosis that affects the spine, a kind of tuberculous arthritis of the intervertebral joints...
– Percivall PottPercivall PottSir Percivall Pott London, England) was an English surgeon, one of the founders of orthopedy, and the first scientist to demonstrate that a cancer may be caused by an environmental carcinogen.-Life:... - Pott's Puffy TumorPott's puffy tumorPott's puffy tumor, first described by Sir Percivall Pott in 1760, is characterized by an osteomyelitis of the frontal bone, either direct or through haematogenic spread. This results in a swelling on the forehead, hence the name. The infection can also spread inwards, leading to an intracranial...
– Percivall PottPercivall PottSir Percivall Pott London, England) was an English surgeon, one of the founders of orthopedy, and the first scientist to demonstrate that a cancer may be caused by an environmental carcinogen.-Life:... - Potter sequence – Edith Potter
- Prader-Willi syndromePrader-Willi syndromePrader–Willi syndrome is a rare genetic disorder in which seven genes on chromosome 15 are deleted or unexpressed on the paternal chromosome...
– Andrea Prader, (Alexis Labhart) and Heinrich Willi - Primrose syndromePrimrose syndromePrimrose syndrome is a rare, slowly progressive genetic disorder that can vary symptomatically between individual cases, but is generally characterised by ossification of the external ears, learning difficulties, and facial abnormalities. It was first described in 1982 in Scotland's Royal National...
– D. A. Primrose - Prinzmetal angina – Myron Prinzmetal
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- Ramsay Hunt syndrome – James Ramsay HuntJames Ramsay HuntJames Ramsay Hunt was an American neurologist.He graduated M.D. from the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine in 1893. He then studied in Paris, Vienna, and Berlin and returned to practise neurology in New York, working at Cornell University Medical School from 1900 - 1910 with Charles...
, American neurologist - Raynaud's disease – Maurice RaynaudMaurice RaynaudA. G. Maurice Raynaud , is the French doctor who discovered Raynaud's Disease, a rare vasopastic disorder which contracts blood vessels in extremities and is the "R" in the CREST syndrome acronym, in the late 19th century.-Life and career :...
, French physician - Refsum's diseaseRefsum's diseaseRefsum disease, also known as classic or adult Refsum disease, heredopathia atactica polyneuritiformis, phytanic acid oxidase deficiency and phytanic acid storage disease, is an autosomal recessive neurological disease that results from the over-accumulation of phytanic acid in cells and tissues...
– Sigvald Bernhard Refsum, Norwegian neurologist - Reiter's syndrome – Hans Conrad Julius Reiter, German physician
- Rett SyndromeRett syndromeRett syndrome is a neurodevelopmental disorder of the grey matter of the brain that almost exclusively affects females. The clinical features include small hands and feet and a deceleration of the rate of head growth . Repetitive hand movements, such as wringing and/or repeatedly putting hands into...
– Andreas RettAndreas RettAndreas Rett was an Austrian neurologist and author. Rett received many awards, including the Grand Medal for Special Earnings from the Republic of Austria.-Biography:...
, Austrian pediatrician - Reye's syndromeReye's syndromeReye's syndrome is a potentially fatal disease that causes numerous detrimental effects to many organs, especially the brain and liver, as well as causing a lower than usual level of blood sugar . The classic features are liver damage, aspirin use and a viral infection...
– R. Douglas Reye - RickettsiosisRickettsiosisA rickettsiosis is a disease caused by intracellular bacteria.It has been predicted that global warming may lead to greater incidence.-Examples and causative organisms:Rickettsioses can be divided into a spotted fever group and typhus group ....
– Howard Taylor RickettsHoward Taylor RickettsHoward Taylor Ricketts was an American pathologist after whom the Rickettsiaceae family and the Rickettsiales are named.... - Riggs' diseaseRiggs' diseaseRiggs' disease, also known as pyorrhea of a toothsocket or gingivitis expulsiva, is a purulent inflammation of the dental periosteum named after American dentist John W. Riggs ....
– John M. Riggs (dentist) - Riley-Day syndrome – Conrad Milton Riley, Richard Lawrence Day
- Ritter's disease – Baron Gottfried Ritter von Rittershain
- Robles Disease (Onchocercosis ) – Rodolfo RoblesRodolfo RoblesRodolfo Robles was a Guatemalan physician and philanthropist. He was the first to describe Robles Disease -Biography:Rodolfo Robles was born in Quetzaltenango, Guatemala...
, Guatemalan physician - Roger's disease – Henri Louis Roger
- Rotor syndromeRotor syndromeRotor syndrome, also called Rotor type hyperbilirubinemia, is a rare, relatively benign autosomal recessive bilirubin disorder of unknown origin...
– Arturo Belleza RotorArturo Belleza RotorArturo B. Rotor was a Filipino medical doctor, civil servant, musician, and writer.-Medical career:Rotor was born in the Philippines and attended the University of the Philippines. He graduated simultaneously from the Conservatory of Music and the College of Medicine...
, Filipino internist - Rubenstein-Taybi syndrome – Jack Herbert Rubinstein, Hooshang Taybi
- Ruzicka Goerz Anton syndromeRuzicka Goerz Anton syndromeRuzicka Goerz Anton syndrome is a rare genetic disease described by Ruzicka et al. in 1981. It is characterized by icthyosis , deafness, mental retardation, and skeletal anomalies....
– T. Ruzicka, G. Goerz, and I. Anton-Lamprecht
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- SalmonellaSalmonellaSalmonella is a genus of rod-shaped, Gram-negative, non-spore-forming, predominantly motile enterobacteria with diameters around 0.7 to 1.5 µm, lengths from 2 to 5 µm, and flagella which grade in all directions . They are chemoorganotrophs, obtaining their energy from oxidation and reduction...
– Daniel Elmer SalmonDaniel Elmer SalmonDaniel Elmer Salmon was a veterinary surgeon. He earned the first D.V.M. degree awarded in the United States, and spent his career studying animal diseases for the U.S. Department of Agriculture... - Sandhoff diseaseSandhoff diseaseSandhoff disease, also known as Sandhoff-Jatzkewitz disease, variant 0 of GM2-Gangliosidosis or Hexosaminidase A and B deficiency, is a lysosomal genetic, lipid storage disorder caused by the inherited deficiency to create functional beta-hexosaminidases A and B...
– Konrad Sandhoff - Schamberg's disease – Jay Frank Schamberg
- Schilder's diseaseDiffuse myelinoclastic sclerosisDiffuse myelinoclastic sclerosis, sometimes referred to as "Schilder's disease", is a very infrequent neurodegenerative disease that presents clinically as pseudotumoural demyelinating lesions, that make its diagnosis difficult...
– Paul Ferdinand SchilderPaul Ferdinand SchilderPaul Ferdinand Schilder was an Austrian psychiatrist, psychoanalyst, researcher and author of numerous scientific publications. He was a pupil of Sigmund Freud... - Schinzel-Giedion SyndromeSchinzel-Giedion syndromeSchinzel-Giedion syndrome is a congenital neurodegenerative terminal syndrome. First described in 1978 by Dr. Schinzel and Dr. Giedion as a syndrome with severe midface retraction, skull anomalies, renal anomalies and other anomalies...
– Albert Schinzel, Andreas Giedion - Seaver Cassidy syndromeSeaver Cassidy syndromeSeaver Cassidy syndrome is a very rare disorder characterized by a series of congenital symptoms, including certain facial, genital, and skeletal deformities as well as an unusual susceptibility to bleeding...
– Laurie Seaver, Suzanne Cassidy - Seligmann's diseaseHeavy chain diseaseHeavy chain disease is a form of paraproteinemia with a proliferation of cells producing immunoglobulin heavy chains.This disease is characterized by an excessive production of heavy chains that are short and truncated...
– Maxime Seligmann - Sever's diseaseSever's diseaseSever's disease or calcaneal apophysitis is the most common cause of heel pain in the growing athlete and is due to overuse and repetitive microtrauma of growth plates of the calcaneus in the heel. It occurs in children ages 7 to 15, with the majority of patients presenting between 10 and 14 years...
– J.W.Sever - Sheehan's syndromeSheehan's syndromeSheehan syndrome, also known as Simmonds' syndrome or postpartum hypopituitarism or postpartum pituitary necrosis, is hypopituitarism , caused by necrosis due to blood loss and hypovolemic shock during and after childbirth...
– Harold Leeming Sheehan - Silver-Russell syndrome – Henry Silver, Alexander Russell
- Simmonds' syndromeSheehan's syndromeSheehan syndrome, also known as Simmonds' syndrome or postpartum hypopituitarism or postpartum pituitary necrosis, is hypopituitarism , caused by necrosis due to blood loss and hypovolemic shock during and after childbirth...
– Moritz Simmonds - Sjogren's syndromeSjögren's syndromeSjögren's syndrome , also known as "Mikulicz disease" and "Sicca syndrome", is a systemic autoimmune disease in which immune cells attack and destroy the exocrine glands that produce tears and saliva....
– Henrik SjögrenHenrik SjögrenHenrik Samuel Conrad Sjögren was a Swedish ophthalmologist best known for the eponymous condition Sjögren's syndrome. Sjögren is pronounced ; the syndrome is in English. Sjögren published a doctoral thesis in 1933 titled "On knowledge of keratoconjunctivitis) that eventually served as the basis...
, Swedish ophthalmologist - Steele-Richardson-Olszewski syndromeProgressive supranuclear palsyProgressive supranuclear palsy is a degenerative disease involving the gradual deterioration and death of specific areas of the brain....
– - Stevens–Johnson syndrome – Albert Mason Stevens, Frank Chambliss Johnson, American pediatricians
- Sturge-Weber disease – William Allen SturgeWilliam Allen SturgeWilliam Allen Sturge was an English physician and archaeologist born in Bristol.After receiving his medical degree in 1873 from University College in London, Sturge became resident medical officer and later registrar at the National Hospital for Paralysis and Epilepsy...
, Frederick Parkes WeberFrederick Parkes WeberFrederick Parkes Weber was an English dermatologist who practiced medicine in London. His father, Sir Hermann David Weber was a personal physician to Queen Victoria.... - Still's diseaseAdult-onset Still's diseaseAdult-onset Still's disease is a rare form of inflammatory arthritis that was characterized by EG Bywaters in 1971. The underlying cause is unknown. It usually presents with high spiking fevers, joint and muscle pains, a salmon colored rash and other symptoms of systemic inflammation.- History...
– Sir George Frederick Still - Susac's syndromeSusac's syndromeSusac's syndrome is a microangiopathy characterized by encephalopathy, branch retinal artery occlusions and hearing loss. It is caused by the immune system attacking healthy tissue, and can lead to mental disorders....
– John Susac - Sutton's disease – Richard Lightburn Sutton, American dermatologist (1878–1952)
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- TAN syndromeTAN syndromeTegumental Angiomyxoma-Neurothekeoma a syndrome, an acronym, and eponym proposed by the ophthalmologist, . Angiomyxomas are associated with LAMB syndrome, syndrome and Carney syndrome Tegumental Angiomyxoma-Neurothekeoma a syndrome, an acronym, and eponym proposed by the ophthalmologist, ....
(Tegumental Angiomyxoma-Neurothekeoma syndrome); Tan Aik Kah, Malaysian ophthalmologist - Takayasu's arteritisTakayasu's arteritisTakayasu's arteritis is a form of large vessel granulomatous vasculitis with massive intimal fibrosis and vascular narrowing affecting often young or middle-aged women of Asian descent...
– Mikito TakayasuMikito Takayasuwas a Japanese ophthalmologist known for his discovery of Takayasu's arteritis.Graduating from Tokyo Imperial University in 1887, Takayasu worked at what was to become Kanazawa University School of Medicine in Kanazawa, Ishikawa...
, Japanese ophthalmologist - Tay-Sachs diseaseTay-Sachs diseaseTay–Sachs disease is an autosomal recessive genetic disorder...
– Warren TayWarren TayWaren Tay was a British ophthalmologist who was a native of Yorkshire.In 1881 Waren Tay first described the red spot on the retina of the eye that is present in Tay-Sachs disease. He reported this condition in the Volume I edition of the Ophthalmological Society, an organization in which he was a...
, Bernard SachsBernard SachsBernard Sachs was a Jewish-American neurologist. After graduating with a B.A. from Harvard in 1878, Sachs travelled to Europe and studied under some of the most prominent physicians of the time, such as Adolf Kussmaul , Friedrich Daniel von Recklinghausen , Friedrich Goltz , Rudolf Virchow... - TheileriosisTheileriosis* East coast fever * Tropical theileriosis * Corridor disease -External links:*...
– Sir Arnold Theiler - Thomsen's disease – Julius Thomsen, Danish physician,
- Tietz syndromeTietz syndromeTietz syndrome, also called Tietz albinism-deafness syndrome or albinism and deafness of Tietz, is an autosomal dominant congenital disorder characterized by deafness and leucism. It is caused by a mutation in the microphthalmia-associated transcription factor gene...
– W.Tietz - Tietze's syndromeTietze's syndromeTietze syndrome is a benign inflammation of one or more of the costal cartilages. It was first described in 1921 by the German surgeon Alexander Tietze .Though thought to be the same conditions, Tietze syndrome is not the same as costochondritis...
– Alexander TietzeAlexander TietzeAlexander Tietze was a German surgeon. Tietze's syndrome is named after him.... - Tourette syndromeTourette syndromeTourette syndrome is an inherited neuropsychiatric disorder with onset in childhood, characterized by multiple physical tics and at least one vocal tic; these tics characteristically wax and wane...
– Georges Albert Édouard Brutus Gilles de la Tourette - Treacher Collins syndromeTreacher Collins syndromeTreacher Collins syndrome , also known as Treacher Collins–Franceschetti syndrome, or mandibulofacial dysostosis is a rare autosomal dominant congenital disorder characterized by craniofacial deformities, such as absent cheekbones. Treacher Collins syndrome is found in about 1 in 10,000 births, ....
(Mandibulofacial dysostosis) – Edward Treacher CollinsEdward Treacher CollinsEdward Treacher Collins was an English surgeon and ophthalmologist. He is best known for describing the Treacher Collins syndrome.... - Turcot syndromeTurcot syndromeMismatch repair cancer syndrome is a condition associated with biallelic DNA mismatch repair mutations. It is also known as Turcot syndrome after Jacques Turcot who described the condition in 1959.-Genetics:...
– Jacques Turcot - Turner's syndrome – Henry TurnerHenry Turner (endocrinologist)Henry H. Turner was an American endocrinologist, noted for his published description of Turner Syndrome in 1938 at the Association for the Study of Internal Secretions. He served as chief of endocrinology and as associate dean of the University of Oklahoma College of Medicine.Turner was born in...
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- Unverricht-Lundborg diseaseUnverricht-Lundborg diseaseUnverricht-Lundborg disease is the most common form of an uncommon group of genetic epilepsy disorders called progressive myoclonic epilepsy. It is caused due to a mutation in the cystatin B gene...
– Heinrich UnverrichtHeinrich UnverrichtHeinrich Unverricht was a German internist who was a native of Breslau. In 1877 he obtained his doctorate from the University of Breslau, where he was a student of Michael Anton Biermer...
, Herman Bernhard LundborgHerman Bernhard LundborgHerman Bernhard Lundborg was a Swedish physician. He graduated in medicine at the Karolinska Institutet in 1895, and received his doctorate at the Uppsala University in 1903... - Usher syndromeUsher syndromeUsher syndrome is a relatively rare genetic disorder that is a leading cause of deafblindness and that is associated with a mutation in any one of 10 genes. Other names for Usher syndrome include Hallgren syndrome, Usher-Hallgren syndrome, rp-dysacusis syndrome and dystrophia retinae dysacusis...
– Charles UsherCharles UsherCharles Howard Usher was a Scottish ophthalmologist from Edinburgh. He studied medicine at St. Thomas Hospital in London, and after receiving his doctorate in 1891, he remained at St. Thomas, working under Edward Nettleship...
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- Vincent's angina – Henri Vincent, French physician
- Virchow's syndromeAmyloid degenerationAmyloid degeneration is a type of degeneration with the deposit of lardacein in the tissues. It indicates impairment of nutritive function and is seen in wasting diseases....
– Rudolf VirchowRudolf VirchowRudolph Carl Virchow was a German doctor, anthropologist, pathologist, prehistorian, biologist and politician, known for his advancement of public health...
, German physician - Von Gierke's disease – Edgar von GierkeEdgar von GierkeEdgar Otto Conrad von Gierke was a German doctor, who specialised in glycogen synthesis. This research led him to the discovery of glycogen synthesis type I.He married Julie Brown in 1912 and fathered 4 children....
- Von Hippel-Lindau diseaseVon Hippel-Lindau diseaseVon Hippel–Lindau is a rare, autosomal dominant genetic condition in which hemangioblastomas are found in the cerebellum, spinal cord, kidney and retina. These are associated with several pathologies including renal angioma, renal cell carcinoma and pheochromocytoma...
– Eugen von HippelEugen von HippelEugen von Hippel was a German ophthalmologist who was born in Königsberg. He studied medicine in Heidelberg under ophthalmologist Theodor Leber and neurologist Wilhelm Heinrich Erb . In 1897 he attained the title of "professor extraordinary" at Heidelberg, and in 1909 became a professor at the...
; Arvid Vilhelm LindauArvid LindauArvid Lindau was a Swedish pathologist born in Malmö. During his career he published more than forty papers on pathology, neurology, and bacteriology. At the Institute of Pathological Anatomy in Lund he wrote an important thesis titled Studien über Kleinhirncysten...
, Swedish pathologist - Von Recklinghausen's disease (* neurofibromatosisNeurofibromatosisNeurofibromatosis is a genetically-inherited disorder in which the nerve tissue grows tumors that may be benign or may cause serious damage by compressing nerves and other tissues...
) – Friedrich Daniel von RecklinghausenFriedrich Daniel von RecklinghausenFriedrich Daniel von Recklinghausen was a German pathologist who practiced medicine in Würzburg and Strassburg . Born in Gütersloh, Westphalia, he was the father of physiologist Heinrich von Recklinghausen .... - Von Willebrand's disease – Erik Adolf von WillebrandErik Adolf von WillebrandErik Adolf von Willebrand was an internist from Finland.The son of a district engineer in Vaasa, von Willebrand got his medical degree in the University of Helsinki. He graduated in 1896, and did his doctoral thesis on the changes that occurred in blood following significant blood loss...
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- Waldenstrom's macroglobulinaemia – Jan G. WaldenströmJan G. WaldenströmJan Gösta Waldenström was a Swedish doctor of internal medicine, who first described the disease which bears his name, Waldenström's macroglobulinemia....
, Swedish physician - Warkany syndromeWarkany syndromeTwo distinct congenital syndromes were named after Joseph Warkany, an Austrian-American geneticist and pediatrician, 1902-1992.- Warkany syndrome 1 :...
(trisomyTrisomyA trisomy is a type of polysomy in which there are three copies, instead of the normal two, of a particular chromosome. A trisomy is a type of aneuploidy .-Description and causes:...
) – Joseph WarkanyJoseph WarkanyJoseph Warkany was an Austrian American pediatrician known as the "father of teratology".-Early life:Warkany was born in Vienna and this is where he completed his medical studies...
, American human geneticist and pediatrician - Waterhouse-Friderichsen syndromeWaterhouse-Friderichsen syndromeWaterhouse-Friderichsen syndrome or hemorrhagic adrenalitis or Fulminant meningococcemia, is a disease of the adrenal glands most commonly caused by the bacterium Neisseria meningitidis. The infection leads to massive hemorrhage into one or both adrenal glands...
– Rupert Waterhouse, an English physician, Carl Friderichsen, a Danish pediatrician - Weber-Christian disease – Frederick Parkes WeberFrederick Parkes WeberFrederick Parkes Weber was an English dermatologist who practiced medicine in London. His father, Sir Hermann David Weber was a personal physician to Queen Victoria....
, Henry Asbury Christian - Wegener's granulomatosisWegener's granulomatosisWegener's granulomatosis , more recently granulomatosis with polyangiitis , is an incurable form of vasculitis that affects the nose, lungs, kidneys and other organs. Due to its end-organ damage, it is life-threatening and requires long-term immunosuppression...
– Friedrich WegenerFriedrich WegenerFriedrich Wegener was a German pathologist who is notable for his description of a rare disease... Although this disease was known before Wegener's description, since the 1950s it has been called by the name Wegener's granulomatosis.Wegener joined the Nazi Party in 1932... - Weil's disease – Adolf Weil
- Wells syndrome – George WellsGeorge WellsGeorge Wells may refer to:* George Albert Wells , Emeritus Professor of German at Birkbeck, University of London* George H. Wells , American soldier, lawyer and politician* George Wells , Anglican bishop in Canada...
- Werner's syndrome – Otto WernerOtto WernerC. W. Otto Werner was a German physician, after whom Werner syndrome —a form of progeria—was named. As a medical student in 1903, Werner observed the syndrome in four siblings near the age of 30. He documented his observations in his inaugural dissertation in 1904.Werner was born in Flensburg,...
, German scientist - Wernicke's encephalopathyWernicke's encephalopathyWernicke encephalopathy is a syndrome characterised by ataxia, ophthalmoplegia, confusion, and impairment of short-term memory.It is caused by lesions in the medial thalamic nuclei, mammillary bodies, periaqueductal and periventricular brainstem nuclei, and superior cerebellar vermis, often...
– Karl WernickeKarl WernickeCarl Wernicke was a German physician, anatomist, psychiatrist and neuropathologist. He earned his medical degree at the University of Breslau... - Whipple's diseaseWhipple's diseaseWhipple's disease is a rare, systemic infectious disease caused by the bacterium Tropheryma whipplei. First described by George Hoyt Whipple in 1907 and commonly considered a gastrointestinal disorder, Whipple's disease primarily causes malabsorption but may affect any part of the body including...
– George Hoyt Whipple - Williams syndromeWilliams syndromeWilliams syndrome is a rare neurodevelopmental disorder characterized by a distinctive, "elfin" facial appearance, along with a low nasal bridge; an unusually cheerful demeanor and ease with strangers; developmental delay coupled with strong language skills; and cardiovascular problems, such as...
– J. C. P. Willams, New Zealand cardiologist - Wilms' tumorWilms' tumorWilms' tumor or nephroblastoma is cancer of the kidneys that typically occurs in children, rarely in adults.Its common name is an eponym, referring to Dr. Max Wilms, the German surgeon who first described this kind of tumor....
– Max WilmsMax WilmsCarl Max Wilhelm Wilms was a German pathologist and surgeon who was a native of Hünshoven, which today is part of the town Geilenkirchen....
, German surgeon - Wilson's diseaseWilson's diseaseWilson's disease or hepatolenticular degeneration is an autosomal recessive genetic disorder in which copper accumulates in tissues; this manifests as neurological or psychiatric symptoms and liver disease...
– Samuel Alexander Kinnier WilsonSamuel Alexander Kinnier WilsonSamuel Alexander Kinnier Wilson was a British neurologist who was the first to describe Wilson's disease.-Biography:... - Wiskott-Aldrich syndromeWiskott-Aldrich syndromeWiskott–Aldrich syndrome is a rare X-linked recessive disease characterized by eczema, thrombocytopenia , immune deficiency, and bloody diarrhea . It is also sometimes called the eczema-thrombocytopenia-immunodeficiency syndrome in keeping with Aldrich's original description in 1954...
– Alfred Wiskott, Robert AldrichRobert AldrichRobert Aldrich was an American film director, writer and producer, notable for such films as Kiss Me Deadly , The Big Knife , What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? , Hush… Hush, Sweet Charlotte , The Flight of the Phoenix , The Dirty Dozen , and The Longest Yard .-Biography:Robert... - Wohlfart-Kugelberg-Welander disease – Karl Gunnar Vilhelm Wohlfart, Erik Klas Henrik Kugelberg, Lisa Welander
- Wolff-Parkinson-White syndromeWolff-Parkinson-White syndromeWolff–Parkinson–White syndrome is a disorder of the heart in which the ventricles of the heart contract prematurely due to an accessory pathway known as the bundle of Kent. This accessory pathway is an abnormal electrical communication from the atria to the ventricles...
– Louis WolffLouis WolffLouis Wolff was an American cardiologist.Louis Wolff married Alice Muscanto, a flute player born in Vilnius who played with her sisters and brothers in a touring musical ensemble. Louis was a concert-quality violinist who enjoyed accompanying his wife and her siblings in their apartment in...
, Sir John Parkinson (physician)John Parkinson (physician)Sir John Parkinson was an English cardiologist remembered for describing Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome.- Biography :...
, Paul Dudley WhitePaul Dudley WhitePaul Dudley White , American physician and cardiologist, was born in Roxbury, Massachusetts, the son of Herbert Warren White and Elizabeth Abigail Dudley. White's interest in medicine was sparked early in life, when he accompanied his father, a family practitioner, on rounds and house calls in a... - Wolman diseaseWolman diseaseWolman Disease Wolman Disease Wolman Disease (also known as Wolman’s Disease, early onset LAL Deficiency, and Lysosomal acid lipase deficiency is a rare genetic disorder caused by a deficiency of an enzyme known as lysosomal acid lipase (LAL or LIPA). This enzyme is necessary to break down certain...
– Moshe WolmanMoshe WolmanMoshe Wolman was an Israeli neuropathologist, born in Warsaw, then part of the Russian Empire. He is considered one of the fathers of histochemistry. His contributions to histochemistry are extensive and he is a member of the small group of distinguished histochemistry pioneers in the world. In...
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- Zellweger syndromeZellweger syndromeZellweger syndrome, also called cerebrohepatorenal syndrome is a rare, congenital disorder, characterized by the reduction or absence of functional peroxisomes in the cells of an individual. It is one of a family of disorders called leukodystrophies...
– Hans Zellweger - Zieve's syndromeZieve's syndromeZieve's syndrome is an acute metabolic condition that can occur during withdrawal from prolonged alcohol abuse. It is defined by hemolytic anemia, hyperlipoproteinaemia , jaundice, and abdominal pain. The underlying cause is liver delipidization...
– Leslie Zieve - Zollinger-Ellison syndromeZollinger-Ellison syndromeZollinger–Ellison syndrome is a triad of gastric acid hypersecretion, severe peptic ulceration, and non-beta cell islet tumor of pancreas . In this syndrome increased levels of the hormone gastrin are produced, causing the stomach to produce excess hydrochloric acid. Often the cause is a tumor of...
– Robert Zollinger, Edwin Ellison, American surgeons
See also
- List of eponymous medical signs, a list of medical signs named after people
- List of eponyms, a complete list of eponyms sorted by name
- Lists of etymologies
External links
- Whonamedit?, a site dedicated to medical eponyms and their namesakes.
- MedEponyms, a dictionary of pathology eponyms.
- What's in a Name? The Eponymic Route to Immortality.