Items tagged “eponymous”
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Colles fracture
Colles fractures are very common extra-articular fractures of the distal radius that occur as the result of a fall onto an outstretched hand. They consist of a fracture of the distal radial metaphyseal region with dorsal angulation and impaction, but without the involvement of the articular surf...
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Haglund syndrome
Haglund syndrome refers to the triad (Haglund triad) of:
insertional Achilles tendinopathy
retrocalcaneal bursitis
Haglund deformity (i.e. posterosuperior calcaneal exostosis)
Terminology
Haglund syndrome is a painful condition of the heel and its diagnosis requires a combinatio...
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Monteggia fracture-dislocation
Monteggia fracture-dislocations consist of a fracture of the ulnar shaft with concomitant dislocation of the radial head. The ulnar fracture is usually obvious, whereas the radial head dislocation can be overlooked, with potentially serious functional and medico-legal ramifications.
Mechanism
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Roberts syndrome
Roberts syndrome, also known as Roberts-SC phocomelia syndrome, pseudothalidomide syndrome, or Appelt-Gerken-Lenz syndrome, is a rare congenital malformation syndrome.
Clinical presentation
general
intrauterine growth restriction
postnatal growth retardation
failure to thrive
thrombocytope...
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Wilms tumor
Wilms tumor, also known as nephroblastoma, is a malignant pediatric renal tumor.
Epidemiology
Wilms tumors are the most common pediatric renal mass, accounting for over 85% of cases 1,8 and account for 7% of all childhood cancers 12. They typically occur in early childhood (1-11 years) with pe...
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Eponymous fractures
There are numerous eponymous fractures which are named after the people who first described their existence (but see Stigler's law of eponymy) 1:
Regional List
Facial/Skull
Le Fort facial fractures
Vertebral
Chance fracture
clay-shoveler fracture: 7th cervical spinous process
hangman frac...
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Kienböck disease
Kienböck disease is the eponymous name given to osteonecrosis involving the lunate. It is often referred to as lunatomalacia.
Epidemiology
The age distribution for Kienböck disease depends on gender. The condition is most common within the dominant wrist of young adult men where it appears to...
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Galeazzi fracture
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04 Oct 2010
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Chauveaux–Liet angle
The Chauveaux–Liet angle (CL angle) is represented by the difference between the angle of verticalization (α) and morphologic angle (β) of the calcaneus (CL angle = α − β).
Angle α is the calcaneal pitch angle or angle of verticalization of calcaneus described as the intersection of the baselin...
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Colles fracture
Published
19 Nov 2010
97% complete
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Eloesser flap
Eloesser flap is a single-stage procedure for the treatment of severe pleural empyema, and involves a U-shaped incision and the resection of a number of subjacent posterolateral ribs. The U-shaped flap is then folded into the pleural space creating a permanent communication.
Unlike the Clagett...
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Paget disease (disambiguation)
Paget disease can refer to:
Paget disease of bone
Paget disease of breast
extramammary Paget disease
History and etymology
These conditions are named after Sir James Paget (1814-1899) 1,2, British surgeon and pathologist.
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Ureteric stent
Ureteric stents, also known as ureteral stents, double J stents, JJ stents or retrograde ureteric stents, are urological catheters that have two "J-shaped" (curled) ends, where one is anchored in the renal pelvis and the other inside the bladder.
Stents are used for the free passage of urine fr...
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Mauclaire disease
Mauclaire disease, also known as Dietrich disease, is a rare disease and refers to osteonecrosis of the metacarpal heads, which usually appears between ages of 13 and 18 years 1,2. This condition may lead to early closure of epiphyseal growth plate and growth disturbance of the involved finger.
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Poliomyelitis
Poliomyelitis, more commonly known as just polio (and in the older literature, Heine-Medin disease), is a once common but now rare disease resulting from infection by the poliovirus. Most infected individuals develop no or non-serious symptoms as a result of the infection, but ~1% will develop l...
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Hepatocystic triangle
The hepatocystic triangle (or Calot triangle) is a small triangular space at the porta hepatis of surgical importance as it is dissected during cholecystectomy. Its contents, the cystic artery and cystic duct, must be identified before ligation and division to avoid intraoperative injury.
Gros...
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Schneiderian epithelium
Schneiderian epithelium/membrane is the unique lining of the nasal cavity and paranasal sinuses, and is an ectodermally derived ciliated columnar epithelium with goblet cells. It differs from the similarly appearing respiratory epithelium, which is endodermally derived.
History and etymology
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Hip (Dunn view)
The Dunn view is a radiographic projection of the hip that demonstrates and examines the hip joint, femoral head, acetabulum, and particularly the relationship of the femoral head and acetabulum.
Indications
The Dunn view is the preferred projection to aid in the diagnosis of femoroacetabular ...
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Sven-Ivar Seldinger
Sven-Ivar Seldinger (1921-1998), a Swedish radiologist, is primarily remembered for the invention of his revolutionary eponymous technique.
Early life
Sven-Ivar Seldinger was born in Mora, Dalarna, Sweden on 19 April 1921 5. He attended medical school at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm ...
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Charles Thurstan Holland
Charles Thurstan Holland (1863-1941) was a pioneering radiologist who played a pivotal role in establishing radiology as a specialty in its own right.
Early life
Charles Thurstan Holland was born in Bridgwater, Somerset on 7 March 1863. He studied medicine at University College Hospital in...