An eponymous disease is one that has 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). An eponym is the name of a person, whether real or fictitious, who has (or is thought to have) given rise to the name of a particular place, tribe, discovery, or other item. ... The term disease refers to an abnormal condition of an organism that impairs function. ... A medical journal is a scientific journal devoted to the field of medicine. ... Haemophilia B (also spelled Hemophilia B or Hæmophilia B) is a blood clotting disorder caused by a mutation of the Factor IX gene. ... Motor neurone disease (MND) is a term used to cover a number of illnesses of the motor neurone: amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), progressive muscular atrophy (PMA), progressive bulbar palsy (PBP) and progressive lateral sclerosis (PLS). ... Hartnup disease, or Hartnups disease, or Hartnup disorder, is a genetic metabolic disorder in the absorption of the amino acid tryptophan that leads to the insufficent production of nicotinamide. ... Mortimers 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. ...

Related disease namings include place names (Bornholm disease, Lyme disease, Ebola hemorrhagic fever) and even societies (Legionnaires' disease). These, however, are not eponyms. Bornholm disease or pleurodynia is a disease caused by the Coxsackie virus. ... Lyme disease is a bacterial infection with a spirochete from the species complex Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato, which is most often acquired from the bite of an infected Ixodes tick. ... Species Ivory Coast ebolavirus Reston ebolavirus Sudan ebolavirus Zaire virus Ebola hæmorrhagic fever (EHF — alternatively Ebola hemorrhagic fever; commonly referred to as simply Ebola) is a recently identified, severe, often fatal infectious disease occurring in humans and some primates caused by the Ebola virus. ... Legionellosis is an infection caused by the genus of Gram negative bacteria Legionella, notably Legionella pneumophila. ...

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 syndromes, the eponym was a convenient mechanism for attaching a label to a disease. In order to freely discuss something, it must have a name. In medicine, the term syndrome is the association of several clinically recognizable features, signs, symptoms, phenomena or characteristics which often occur together, so that the presence of one feature alerts the physician to the presence of the others. ...

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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 Lancet (1975;i:513) where the conclusion was that "The possessive use of an eponym should be discontinued, since the author neither had nor owned the disorder." Medical journals, dictionaries and style guides remain divided on this issue. The National Institutes of Health (NIH) is the primary agency of the United States government responsible for medical research. ... The Lancet is one of the oldest and most respected peer-reviewed medical journals in the world, published weekly by Elsevier, part of Reed Elsevier. ... A medical journal is a scientific journal devoted to the field of medicine. ... Style guides generally give guidance on language use. ...

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 degeneration is also called Abercrombie's disease, Abercrombie's syndrome, and Virchow's syndrome).

Arguments for maintaining eponyms include: Amyloid degeneration is a type of degeneration with the deposit of lardacein in the tissues. ...

• 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.

It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Backronym and Apronym (Discuss) Acronyms and initialisms are abbreviations, such as NATO, laser, and ABC, written as the initial letter or letters of words, and pronounced on the basis of this abbreviated written form. ...

Alphabetical list

A

• Aarskog-Scott syndrome – Dagfinn Aarskog, Charles Scott
• Aase-Smith – Jon Morton Aase, David Weyhe Smith
• Abdallat Davis Farrage syndrome – Adnan Al Abdallat, S.M. Davis, James Robert Farrage
• Abderhalden-Kaufmann-Lignac syndrome – Emil Abderhalden, Eduard Kauffman, George Lignac
• Abercrombie disease – John Abercrombie
• Achard-Thiers syndrome – Emile Achard, Joseph Thiers
• Ackerman tumor – Lauren Ackerman
• Addison disease – Thomas Addison
• Adson-Caffey syndrome – Alfred Adson, I.R. Caffey
• Aicardi syndrome – Jean Aicardi
• Alagille syndrome – Daniel Alagille
• Albers-Schönberg disease – Heinrich Albers-Schönberg
• Albright syndrome – Fuller Albright
• Albright-Butler-Bloomberg disease – Fuller Albright, Allan Macy Butler, Esther Bloomberg
• Albright-Hadorn syndrome – Fuller Albright, Walter Hadorn
• Alexander disease – William Stuart Alexander
• Alice in Wonderland syndrome – Lewis Carroll's book Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
• Alpers disease – Bernard Jacob Alpers
• Alport syndrome – Arthur Cecil Alport
• Alström syndrome – Carl Henry Alström
• Alzheimer disease – Alois Alzheimer
• Anders disease – James Meschter Anders
• Andersen disease – Dorothy Andersen
• Anderson-Fabry disease – William Anderson, Johannes Fabry
• Angelman syndrome – Harry Angelman
• Angelucci syndrome – Arnaldo Angelucci
• Anton-Babinski syndrome – Gabriel Anton, Joseph Babinski
• Apert syndrome – Eugène Apert
• Aran-Duchenne spinal muscular atrophy – François-Amilcar Aran , Guillaume Duchenne
• Armanni-Ebstein nephropathy – Luciano Armanni, Wilhelm Ebstein
• Arnold-Chiari malformation – Julius Arnold, Hans Chiari
• Arthus phenomenon
• Asherman syndrome – Joseph G. Asherman
• Asperger syndrome – Hans Asperger
• Avellis syndrome – Georg Avellis
• Ayerza syndrome – Abel Ayerza
• Ayerza-Arrillaga syndrome – Abel Ayerza, Francisco Arrillaga

Aarskog-Scott syndrome is an inherited disease characterized by short stature, facial abnormalities, skeletal and genital anomalies. ... Charles Scott was the Governor of Kentucky from 1808 to 1812. ... Aase-Smith syndrome is characterized by the presence of three phlangeal bones (thumb), instead of the normal two. ... Abdallat Davis Farrage syndrome is a syndrome consisting of disordered skin and hair pigmentation, progressive spastic paraparesis and peripheral neuropathy. ... Abderhalden-Kaufman-Lignac syndrome is an autosomal recessive disease of childhood comprising cystinosis and renal rickets. ... Emil Abderhalden (9 March 1877 - 5 August 1950) was a Swiss biochemist and physiologist. ... Eduard Kaufmann Eduard Kaufmann (1860 - 1931) was a German physician. ... George Otto Emil Lignac (1891 - 1954) was a Dutch pathologist-anatomist. ... Amyloid degeneration is a type of degeneration with the deposit of lardacein in the tissues. ... John Abercrombie (born October 10, 1780 in Aberdeen; died November 14, 1844 in Edinburgh) was a Scottish physician and philosopher. ... Achard-Thiers syndrome combines the features of Adrenogenital syndrome and Cushing syndrome. ... Emile Achard, full name Emile Charles Achard (July 24, 1860 - 1944) was a French internist. ... Verrucous carcinoma is a variant of squamous cell carcinoma. ... Addisons disease (also known as chronic adrenal insufficiency, or hypocortisolism) is a rare endocrine disorder, first described by British physician Thomas Addison. ... Thomas Addison was a renowned 19th-century English physician and scientist. ... Agenesis of the Corpus Callosum (ACC) is a rare birth defect (congenital disorder) in which there is a complete or partial absence of the corpus callosum. ... Alagille syndrome is a genetic disorder that affects the liver, heart, and other systems of the body. ... Osteopetrosis is an extremely rare inherited disorder whereby the bones harden, becoming denser. ... McCune-Albright syndrome (polyostotic fibrous dysplasia), 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. ... Alexander disease is a slowly progressing fatal neurodegenerative disease. ... Alice in Wonderland syndrome (AIWS), or micropsia, is a disorienting neurological condition which affects human visual perception. ... Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (Lewis Carroll) - believed to be a self-portrait Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (January 27, 1832 – January 14, 1898), better known by the pen name Lewis Carroll, was an English author, mathematician, logician, Anglican clergyman, and photographer. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Alpers disease, also called progressive infantile poliodystrophy, is a progressive degenerative disease of the central nervous system that occurs in infants and children. ... Alport syndrome is a genetic condition characterized by the progressive loss of kidney function and hearing. ... Alström syndrome is a rare genetic disorder. ... Aloysius Alois Alzheimer (14 June 1864, Marktbreit, Bavaria - 19 December 1915, Breslau, now WrocÅ‚aw, Poland) was a German psychiatrist and neuropathologist and a colleague of Emil Kraepelin. ... Adiposis dolorosa is a rare disease characterized by multiple painful lipomas that arise in adult life. ... Andersen disease is a glycogen storage disorder. ... National Library of Medicine picture of Dorothy Hansine Andersen Dorothy Hansine Andersen (May 15, 1901 - 1963) was the American who was the first person to identify cystic fibrosis and the first American physician to describe the disease [1]. She received her B.A. from Mount Holyoke College in 1922, and... Fabry disease (also known as Anderson-Fabry disease,Angiokeratoma corporis diffusum, Ceramide trihexosidosis, and Sweeley-Klionsky disease) is an X-linked recessive inherited lysosomal storage disease. ... There are several prominent individuals named William Anderson including: William French Anderson, the US geneticist and molecular biologist William Anderson (VC), a recipient of the Victoria Cross William Herbert Anderson, another recipient of the Victoria Cross William Anderson (naval officer), commander of the first nuclear submarine, the USS Nautilus, and... Angelman Syndrome (AS) is a rare neuro-genetic disorder named after an English pediatrician, Dr. Harry Angelman, who first described the syndrome in 1965. ... Anton-Babinski syndrome, more frequently known as Antons blindness, is a rare symptom of brain damage occurring in the occipital lobe. ... Gabriel Anton (July 28, 1858 - 3 January 1933) was an Austrian neurologist and psychiatrist. ... Joseph Jules François Félix Babinski (Józef Franciszek Feliks Babiński) (November 17, 1857–October 29, 1932) was a Polish-French neurologist. ... Apert Syndrome, virtually synonymous with Acrocephalosyndactyly, is a branchial arch syndrome, characterized by a number of clinical features, resulting from a developmental anomaly. ... Eugène Charles Apert (July 27, 1868 - February 2, 1940) was a French pediatrician who was born in Paris. ... Guillaume Benjamin Amand Duchenne was a French neurologist born in Boulogne on September 17, 1806. ... Wilhelm Ebstein (November 27, 1836, Jauer, Prussian Silesia - October 22, 1912) was a German physician. ... Arnold-Chiari malformation, sometimes referred to as the Chiari malformation, is an anomaly of the brain in which the cerebellar tonsils are elongated and pushed down through the opening of the base of the skull (see foramen magnum), blocking the flow of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF). ... Hans Chiari (1851-1916} was a German pathologist, who practiced medicine in Prague and Strassburg. ... Ashermans syndrome , also called uterine synechiae, presents a condition characterized by the presence of scars within the uterine cavity. ... Asperger described his patients as little professors. Aspergers syndrome (AS, or the more common shorthand Aspergers), is characterized as one of the five pervasive developmental disorders, and is commonly referred to as a form of high functioning autism. ... Hans Asperger, who discovered Asperger syndrome, described his patients as little professors. Hans Asperger (b. ... In medicine, pulmonary hypertension (PH) is an increase in blood pressure in the pulmonary artery or lung vasculature. ...

B

• Babington disease – Benjamin Babington
• Babinski sign – Joseph Babinski
• Babinski-Fröhlich syndrome – Joseph Babinski, Alfred Fröhlich
• Babinski-Froment syndrome – Joseph Babinski, Jules Froment
• Babinski-Nageotte syndrome – Joseph Babinski, Jean Nageotte
• Bahima disease
• Baker cyst – William Morrant Baker
• Baló's disease – Jószef Baló
• Bamberger disease – Heinrich von Bamberger
• Bamberger-Marie disease – Eugen von Bamberger, Pierre Marie
• Bancroft filariasis – Joseph Bancroft
• Bang's disease – Bernhard Bang
• Banti disease – Guido Banti
• Bárány syndrome – Robert Bárány
• Barlow disease – Thomas Barlow
• Barlow syndrome – John Barlow
• Barraquer-Simons syndrome – Luis Barraquer Roviralta, Arthur Simons
• Barré-Liéou syndrome – Jean Alexandre Barré, Yang-Choen Liéou
• Barrett's ulcer – Norman Barrett
• Bart-Pumphrey syndrome – R.S. Bart, R.E. Pumphrey
• Bartholin cyst – Caspar Bartholin
• Bartter syndrome – Frederic Bartter
• Basedow disease – Karl Adolph von Basedow
• Basedow syndrome – Karl Adolph von Basedow
• Bassen-Kornzweig syndrome – Frank Bassen, Abraham Kornzweig
• Batten disease – Frederick Batten
• Bazin disease – Pierre-Antoine-Ernest Bazin
• Becker muscular dystrophy – Peter Emil Becker
• Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome – John Bruce Beckwith, Hans-Rudolf Wiedemann
• Behçet disease – Hulusi Behçet
• Bekhterev disease – Vladimir Bekhterev
• Bell palsy – Charles Bell
• Benedikt syndrome – Moritz Benedikt
• Benjamin syndrome – E. Benjamin
• Berger's disease – Jean Berger
• Bergeron disease – Etienne-Jules Bergeron
• Bernard syndrome – Claude Bernard
• Bernard-Soulier syndrome – Jean Bernard, Jean Pierre Soulier
• Bernhardt-Roth paraesthesia – Martin Bernhardt, Vladimir Karlovich Roth
• Bernheim syndrome – Hippolyte Bernheim
• Besnier prurigo – Ernest Henri Besnier
• Besnier-Boeck-Schaumann disease – Ernest Henri Besnier, Cæsar Peter Møller Boeck, Jörgen Nilsen Schaumann
• Biermer anaemia – Michael Anton Biermer
• Bickerstaff's brainstem encephalitis – Edwin Bickerstaff
• Bilharzia – Theodor Maximilian Bilharz
• Bing-Neel syndrome – Jens Bing, Axel Valdemar Neel
• Binswanger dementia – Otto Binswanger
• Bland-White-Garland syndrome – Edward Franklin Bland, Paul Dudley White, Joseph Garland
• Bloom syndrome – David Bloom
• Blount syndrome – Walter Putnam Blount
• Boerhaave syndrome – Herman Boerhaave
• Bogorad syndrome – F.A. Bogorad
• Bonnevie-Ullrich syndrome – Kristine Bonnevie, Otto Ullrich
• Bourneville-Pringle disease – Désiré-Magloire Bourneville, John James Pringle
• Bowen disease – John T. Bowen
• Brailsford-Morquio syndrome – James Frederick Brailsford, Luís Morquio
• Brandt syndrome – Thore Edvard Brandt
• Brenner tumour – Fritz Brenner
• Brewer kidney – George Emerson Brewer
• Bright disease – Richard Bright
• Brill-Symmers disease – Nathan Brill, Douglas Symmers
• Brill-Zinsser disease – Nathan Brill, Hans Zinsser
• Briquet syndrome – Paul Briquet
• Brissaud disease – Édouard Brissaud
• Brissaud-Sicard syndrome – Édouard Brissaud, Jean Athanase Sicard
• Broadbent apoplexy – William Broadbent
• Brock syndrome – Russell Claude Brock
• Brodie abscess – Benjamin Collins Brodie
• Brodie syndrome – Benjamin Collins Brodie
• Brooke epithelioma – Henry Ambrose Grundy Brooke
• Brown-Séquard syndrome – Charles-Édouard Brown-Séquard
• Brucellosis – David Bruce
• Brugada syndrome
• Bruns syndrome – Ludwig Bruns
• Bruton-Gitlin syndrome – Ogden Carr Bruton, David Gitlin
• Budd-Chiari syndrome – George Budd, Hans Chiari
• Buerger disease – Leo Buerger
• Bumpke syndrome – Oswald Conrad Edouard Bumke
• Burger-Grutz syndrome – Max Burger, Otto Grutz
• Burkitt lymphoma – Denis Parsons Burkitt
• Burnett syndrome – Charles Hoyt Burnett
• Byler disease
• Bywaters syndrome – Eric Bywaters

In medicine, hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia (HHT), also known as Rendu-Osler-Weber syndrome, is a genetic disorder that leads to vascular malformations. ... In medicine (neurology), the Babinski reflex or Babinski sign is a reflex that can identify disease of the spinal cord and brain. ... Joseph Jules François Félix Babinski (Józef Franciszek Feliks Babiński) (November 17, 1857–October 29, 1932) was a Polish-French neurologist. ... Adiposogenital dystrophy is a condition characterized by Feminine obesity Growth retardation and retarded sexual development, atrophy or hypoplasia of the gonads, and altered secondary sex characteristics, headaches mental retardation, problems with vision polyuria, polydipsia. ... Joseph Jules François Félix Babinski (Józef Franciszek Feliks Babiński) (November 17, 1857–October 29, 1932) was a Polish-French neurologist. ... Joseph Jules François Félix Babinski (Józef Franciszek Feliks Babiński) (November 17, 1857–October 29, 1932) was a Polish-French neurologist. ... Jules Froment (1878-1946) was a French neurologist who born in Lyon. ... Joseph Jules François Félix Babinski (Józef Franciszek Feliks Babiński) (November 17, 1857–October 29, 1932) was a Polish-French neurologist. ... Jean Nageotte (February 8, 1866 - 1948) was a French anatomist who was born in Dijon. ... A Bakers cyst, otherwise known as a popliteal cyst, is a benign swelling found over the knee joint. ... Pierre Marie (born September 9, 1853, died April 13. ... Lymphatic Filariasis is a parasitic and infectious tropical disease, caused by the thread-like parasitic filarial worms, Wuchereria bancrofti, Brugia malayi, and Brugia timori, all transmitted by mosquitoes. ... Joseph Bancroft (1836-1894), scientist born in England, who emigrated to Australia. ... Brucellosis, also called undulant fever or Malta fever, is a zoonosis (infectious disease transmitted from animals to humans) caused by bacteria of the genus Brucella. ... Bernhard Lauritz Frederik Bang (June 7, 1848 Sorø - June 22, 1932 Copenhagen), was a Danish veterinarian. ... Robert Bárány Robert Bárány (April 22, 1876 – April 8, 1936) was an Austrian physician of Hungarian-Jewish descent. ... Named after Sir Thomas Barlow (1845-1945), a British physician who first described it, Barlows disease is infantile scurvy and is different from Barlows syndrome. ... Sir Thomas Barlow (4 November 1845 — 1945) was a British royal physician. ... Barlows syndrome is a type of congenital heart disease affecting the Mitral valves. ... Jean Alexandre Barré (May 25, 1880 – April 26, 1967), French neurologist, worked in 1916 on the identification of the Guillain-Barré syndrome. ... Endoscopic image of Barretts esophagus, which is the area of red mucosa projecting like a tongue. ... The Bartholins glands (also called Bartholin glands or greater vestibular glands) are two glands located slightly below and to the left and right of the opening of the vagina in women. ... Caspar Bartholin the Younger (1655-1738), grandson of theologian and anatomist Caspar Bartholin the Elder, was a Danish anatomist who first described the Bartholins gland in the 17th century. ... Bartter syndrome is a rare genetic disease characterized by low potassium levels (hypokalemia), decreased acidity of blood (alkalosis), and normal to low blood pressure. ... Graves-Basedow disease or known simply as Graves disease is a medical disorder that may manifest several different conditions including goitre and hyperthyroidism (over-activity of thyroid hormone production), infiltrative exophthalmos (protruberance of one or both eyes and associated problems) and infiltrative dermopathy (a skin condition usually of the lower... Karl Adolph von Basedow (March 28, 1799 – April 11, 1854) was a German physician most famous for reporting the symptoms of what could later be dubbed Graves-Basedow disease. ... Karl Adolph von Basedow was the first doctor to describe Basedow Syndrome, which is characterized by a triad of hyperthyroidism, goiter, and exophthalmos (bulging eyeballs). ... Karl Adolph von Basedow (March 28, 1799 – April 11, 1854) was a German physician most famous for reporting the symptoms of what could later be dubbed Graves-Basedow disease. ... Abetalipoproteinemia, or Bassen-Kornzweig syndrome, is a disease characterized by the bodys inability to fully absorb dietary fats. ... Batten disease is a rare, fatal, inherited disease of the nervous system (neurodegenerative disorder) that begins in childhood. ... Frederick Eustace Batten (September 29, 1865 – 1918) was an English neurologist and pediatrician who has been referred to as the father of pediatric neurology. ... Bazin disease is a skin ulceration on the back of the calves. ... Beckers muscular dystrophy (also known as Benign pseudohypertrophic muscular dystrophy) is an X-linked recessive inherited disorder characterized by slowly progressive muscle weakness of the legs and pelvis. ... Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome (BWS) is a very rare genetic overgrowth syndrome (prevalence of about 1 in 36,000). ... Behçets disease, is a chronic condition due to disturbances in the body’s immune system. ... doug hendry is great ... Vladimir Bekhterev (January 20, 1857 – December 24, 1927) was a Russian neurophysiologist and psychiatrist who noted the role of the hippocampus in memory around 1900. ... Bells palsy (facial palsy) is characterised by facial drooping due to malfunction of the facial nerve (VII cranial nerve), which controls the muscles of the face. ... Sir Charles Bell Sir Charles Bell (November 1774, in Doun in Monteath, Edinburgh- April 28, 1842, in North Hallow, Worcestershire) was a Scottish anatomist, surgeon, and physiologist. ... Benjamin Syndrome (or Benjamin anemia) is a type of multiple congenital anomaly/mental retardation (MCA/MR) syndrome. ... IgA nephritis (also known as Bergers disease and synpharyngitic glomerulonephritis) is a form of glomerulonephritis (inflammation of the glomeruli of the kidney). ... Jean Berger (September 27, 1909 – May 28, 2002) was a German-born pianist, composer, and music educator. ... Horners syndrome is a clinical syndrome caused by damage to the sympathetic nervous system. ... Claude Bernard Claude Bernard (July 12, 1813 - February 10, 1878) was a French physiologist. ... Bernard-Soulier syndrome (BSS, named after Jean Bernard and Jean Pierre Soulier) is a rare congenital bleeding disorder characterized by thrombocytopenia and large platelets and was first described in 1948. ... Reseau Jean Bernard, sometimes known simply as Jean Bernard, is one of the deepest known caves in the world. ... Jean Pierre Soulier (1915 – 18 January 2003) was a French physician and haematologist. ... Hippolyte Bernheim (1837 - 1919) was a French physician and neurologist; born at Mülhausen, Alsace. ... Ernest Henri Besnier (April 21, 1831 - May 15, 1909) was a French dermatologist and medicinal director of the Hôpital St. ... Sarcoidosis is an uncommon autoimmune disorder of unknown cause. ... Ernest Henri Besnier (April 21, 1831 - May 15, 1909) was a French dermatologist and medicinal director of the Hôpital St. ... Pernicious anemia refers to a type of autoimmune anemia. ... Schistosomiasis Schistosomiasis or bilharzia is a disease affecting many people in developing countries. ... Binswangers disease is a rare form of multi-infarct dementia caused by damage to deep white brain matter. ... Otto Ludwig Binswanger (1852-1929) 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 (1881-1966) who was a major figure in the existential psychology movement. ... Paul Dudley White, M.D. (June 6, 1886 – October 31, 1973) was a pioneering cardiologist, and a founding member of the American Heart Association. ... Bloom syndrome is a rare inherited disorder characterized by a high frequency of breaks and rearrangements in an affected persons chromosomes, discovered and first described by dermatologist Dr. David Bloom in 1954. ... David Bloom in one of his broadcasts from Iraq. ... Boerhaaves syndrome (also called Boerhaave syndrome) is rupture of the esophagus. ... Herman Boerhaave (December 31, 1668 - September 23, 1738) was a Dutch humanist and physician of European fame. ... Turner syndrome encompasses several chromosomal abnormalities, of which monosomy X, is the most common. ... Kristine Bonnevie (born 1872-10-08 in Nidaros, died 1948 in Oslo) was a Norwegian biologist and Norways first female professor. ... Tuberous sclerosis, (meaning hard potatoes) is a rare genetic, disorder primarily characterized by a triad of seizures, mental retardation, and skin lesions (called adenoma sebaceum). ... Désiré-Magloire Bourneville Désiré-Magloire Bourneville (October 20, 1840 - May 28, 1909), was a French neurologist. ... John James Pringle (1855 – 1922-12-18) was a British dermatologist. ... In medicine (dermatology), Bowens disease (BD) is a sunlight-induced skin disease, considered either as an early stage or intraepidermal form of squamous cell carcinoma. ... Morquio syndrome (referred to as mucopolysaccharidosis IV or Morquios) is a mucopolysaccharide storage disease. ... Brenner tumours (aka Transitional cell tumours) are part of the surface epithelial-stromal tumour group of ovarian neoplasms. ... Nero Wolfe stories, written for 40 years by Rex Stout, and then continued by Robert Goldsborough, are populated by a cast of many supporting characters, some of whom die, or get forgotten. ... Brights disease is a historical classification of kidney diseases that would be described in modern medicine as acute or chronic nephritis. ... Richard Bright Richard Bright (September 28, 1789 – December 16, 1858) was an English physician and early pioneer in the research of kidney disease. ... Binomial name Rickettsia prowazekii Epidemic typhus is a form of typhus caused by the bacillus Rickettsia prowazekii, carried by the human body louse Pediculus humanus. ... Hans Zinsser (1878 - 1940) was a U.S. bacteriologist. ... Tourette syndrome — also called Tourettes syndrome, Tourette Spectrum (TS), Tourettes disorder, or Gilles de la Tourette syndrome. ... Édouard Brissaud Édouard Brissaud (1852-04-15, Besançon – 1909-12-20) was a French physician and pathologist. ... Édouard Brissaud Édouard Brissaud (1852-04-15, Besançon – 1909-12-20) was a French physician and pathologist. ... A Brodie abscess is a well defined rim of sclerotic bone surrounding a residual abscess; viable organisms may persist in a Brodie abscess. ... Sir Benjamin Collins Brodie, 1st Bart. ... Sir Benjamin Collins Brodie, 1st Bart. ... Brown-Séquard syndrome also known as Brown-Séquards hemiplegia and Brown-Séquards paralysis is a loss of motricity (paralysis and ataxia) and sensation caused by the lateral hemisection of the spinal cord. ... Charles-Édouard Brown-Sequard (variant Charles Edward), British physiologist and neurologist, was born at Port Louis, Mauritius, on the April 8th 1817. ... Sir David Bruce (Melbourne, May 29, 1855 - November 27, 1931) was an English pathologist and microbiologist who investigated the Malta-fever and trypanosomes, identifying the cause of sleeping sickness. ... The Brugada syndrome is a genetic disease that is manifest by abnormal electrocardiogram (ECG) findings and an increased risk of sudden cardiac death. ... In medicine (gastroenterology and hepatology), Budd-Chiari syndrome is the clinical picture caused by occlusion of the hepatic vein. ... Hans Chiari (1851-1916} was a German pathologist, who practiced medicine in Prague and Strassburg. ... Buergers disease (also known as thromboangiitis obliterans) is an acute inflammation and thrombosis (clotting) of arteries and veins of the hands and feet. ... Burkitts lymphoma (or Burkitts tumor, or Malignant lymphoma, Burkitts type) is a cancer of the lymphatic system (in particular, B lymphocytes). ... Burkitt, Denis Parsons (1911–1993), surgeon was born in Enniskillen, County Fermanagh, Ireland, on 28 February 1911. ... Crush syndrome (also traumatic rhabdomyolysis or Bywaters syndrome) is a serious medical condition characterized by major shock and renal failure following a crushing injury to skeletal muscle. ...

C

• Caffey-Silverman syndrome – John Patrick Caffey, William Aaron Silverman
• Calvé disease – Jacques Calvé
• Canavan disease – Myrtelle Canavan
• Cannon syndrome – Walter Cannon
• Capgras syndrome – Joseph Capgras
• Caplan syndrome – Anthony Caplan
• Caroli syndrome – J. Caroli
• Carrión's disease – Daniel Alcides Carrión
• Castleman disease – Benjamin Castleman
• Céstan-Chenais syndrome – Étienne Jacques Marie Raymond Céstan,Louis Jean Chennais
• Chagas disease – Carlos Chagas
• Charcot's disease – Jean-Martin Charcot
• Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease – Jean-Martin Charcot, Pierre Marie, Howard Henry Tooth
• Cheadle's disease – Walter Butler Cheadle
• Chédiak-Higashi syndrome – Alexander Chédiak,Otokata Higashi
• Chiari-Frommel syndrome – Johann Baptist Chiari,Richard Frommel
• Chilaiditi syndrome – Demetrius Chilaiditi
• Christ-Siemens-Touraine syndrome – Josef Christ, Hermann Werner Siemens, Albert Touraine
• Christensen-Krabbe disease – Erna Christensen, Knud Krabbe
• Christmas disease – Stephen Christmas
• Churg-Strauss syndrome – Jacob Churg, Lotte Straus
• Claude syndrome – Henri Claude
• Clerambault syndrome – Gaëtan Gatian de Clerambault
• Clerambault-Kandinsky syndrome – Gaëtan Gatian de Clerambault, Victor Khrisanfovich Kandinsky
• Coats disease – George Coats
• Cock peculiar tumor – Edward Cock
• Cockayne syndrome – Edward Alfred Cockayne
• Cogan's syndrome – David Glendenning Cogan
• Colles' fracture – Abraham Colles
• Collet-Sicard syndrome – Frédéric Justin Collet, Jean Athanase Sicard
• Concato disease – Luigi Maria Concato
• Conn's Syndrome – Jerome Conn
• Cooley's anemia – Thomas Benton Cooley
• Cori Disease – Carl Ferdinand Cori
• Cornelia de Lange syndrome – Cornelia Catharina de Lange
• Costen syndrome – James Bray Costen
• Count Choculitis – Count Chocula
• Crigler-Najjar syndrome – John Fielding Crigler, Victor Assad Najjar
• Crocq-Cassirer syndrome – Jean Crocq, Richard Cassirer
• Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease – Hans Gerhard Creutzfeldt, Alfons Maria Jakob
• Crohn's disease – Burrill Bernard Crohn
• Cronkite-Canada syndrome – L.W. Cronkite, Wilma Canada
• Crouzon syndrome – Octave Crouzon
• Cruveilhier-Baumgarten disease – Jean Cruveilhier, Paul Clemens von Baumgarten
• Cruz disease – Osvaldo Gonçalves Cruz
• Curling's ulcer – Thomas Blizard Curling
• Curschmann-Batten-Steinert syndrome – Hans Curschmann, Frederick Batten, Hans Gustav Steinhart
• Cushing's disease – Harvey Cushing

Canavan disease is an inherited disorder that causes progressive damage to nerve cells in the brain. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... The Capgras delusion (or Capgrass syndrome) is a rare disorder in which a person holds a delusional belief that an acquaintance, usually a spouse or other close family member, has been replaced by an identical looking impostor. ... Joseph Capgras (1873 in Verdun-sur-Garonne – 1950 in Paris) was a French psychiatrist who is best known for the Capgras delusion, a disorder named after him. ... Caroli disease is a rare congenital disease. ... Daniel Alcides Carrión was a Peruvian medical student after whom Carrions disease was named. ... Castlemans disease is a rare disease of the lymphatic system, that causes the growth of benign tumors. ... Carlos Justiniano Ribeiro Chagas (born July 9, 1879, Oliveira, Minas Gerais, Brazil; died November 8, 1934, Rio de Janeiro), was a Brazilian physician. ... Categories: People stubs | French physicians | 1825 births | 1893 deaths | History of medicine ... Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease, known also as Hereditary Motor and Sensory Neuropathy (HMSN) or Peroneal Muscular Atrophy, is a heterogeneous inherited disorder of nerves (neuropathy) that is characterized by loss of muscle tissue and touch sensation, predominantly in the feet and legs but also in the hands and arms in... Categories: People stubs | French physicians | 1825 births | 1893 deaths | History of medicine ... Pierre Marie (born September 9, 1853, died April 13. ... Howard Henry Tooth was one of the discoverers of Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease. ... Dr. Walter Butler Cheadle (born October 1836 in Colne, Yorkshire, died 22 March 1910 in London) was an English paediatrician. ... Chédiak-Higashi syndrome is a rare childhood autosomal recessive disorder that affects multiple systems of the body, which arises from a mutation that causes silvery hair. ... Chilaiditi syndrome is a rare condition which occurs when there is a loop of colon (usually transverse colon) in between the diaphragm and the liver, visible on plain abdominal X-ray. ... Haemophilia B (also spelled Hemophilia B or Hæmophilia B) is a blood clotting disorder caused by a mutation of the Factor IX gene. ... Stephen Christmas (1947-1993) was a 5 year old boy when he became the first patient described to have Christmas disease (or Haemophilia B) in 1952 by a group of British doctors. ... Churg-Strauss syndrome is a necrotizing vasculitis characterized by eosinophilia. ... Erotomania is a rare disorder in which a person holds a delusional belief that another person, usually of a higher social status, is in love with them. ... Gaétan Henri Alfred Edouard Léon Marie Gatian de Clérambault (July 2, 1872, Bourges – 1934) was a French psychiatrist, . Clerambault gained his thesis in 1899. ... Gaétan Henri Alfred Edouard Léon Marie Gatian de Clérambault (July 2, 1872, Bourges – 1934) was a French psychiatrist, . Clerambault gained his thesis in 1899. ... Victor Khrisanfovich Kandinsky (1849-1889) was a Russian physician, and was uncle to famed artist Vassily Kandinsky. ... Coats’ disease, (also known as exudative retinitis or retinal telangiectasis, sometimes spelled Coates disease), is a rare eye disorder, causing full or partial blindness, characterized by abnormal development of blood vessels behind the retina. ... Edward Cock (1805-1892), 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. ... Cockayne syndrome is a rare disorder characterized by growth failure, impaired development of the nervous system, abnormal sensitivity to sunlight (photosensitivity), and premature aging. ... Edward Alfred Cockayne (1880-1956} was an English physician specializing in pediatrics. ... Cogan syndrome is a rare disorder characterized by recurrent inflammation of the eyes, episodes of dizziness, and hearing loss. ... A Colles fracture is a fracture of the distal radius, most commonly caused by people falling forward onto a hard surface and breaking their fall with extended, outstretched hands - falling with wrists flexed would lead to a Smiths fracture. ... Abraham Colles (1773-1843) was professor of anatomy and surgery in Dublin. ... Conns syndrome is overproduction of the mineralocorticoid hormone aldosterone by the adrenal glands. ... Thalassemia (American English) (or thalassaemia in British English) is an inherited disease of the red blood cells, classified as a hemoglobinopathy. ... Glycogen storage disease type III is characterized by a deficiency in glycogen debranching enzymes. ... Carl Ferdinand Cori (December 5, 1896 – October 20, 1984) was an American biochemist born in Prague (then in Austria-Hungary) who, together with his wife Gerty Cori and Argentine physiologist Bernardo Houssay, received a Nobel Prize in 1947 for their discovery of how glycogen (animal starch) - a derivative of glucose... Cornelia de Lange Syndrome aka CdLS is a rare genetic disorder that leads to severe developmental anomalies. ... A box of the popular Count Chocula breakfast cereal Count Chocula is a member of the line of monster-themed breakfast cereals produced by General Mills. ... Crigler-Najjar syndrome is a disorder of bilirubin metabolism. ... Richard Cassirer (April 23, 1868 - August 20, 1925) was a German neurologist who was born in Breslau. ... Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) is a very rare and incurable degenerative neurological disorder (brain disease) that is ultimately fatal. ... Hans Gerhard Creutzfeldt (June 2, 1885 - December 30, 1964) was a German neuropathologist. ... Alfons Maria Jakob (born July 2, 1884, Aschaffenburg/Bavaria; died October 17, 1931, Hamburg) was a German neurologist with important contributions on neuropathology. ... Crohns disease (also known as regional enteritis) is a chronic, episodic, inflammatory condition of the gastrointestinal tract characterized by transmural inflammation (affecting the entire wall of the involved bowel) and skip lesions (areas of inflammation with areas of normal lining in between). ... Burrill Bernard Crohn (born June 13, 1884 in New York; died 1983 in Connecticut) was an American gastroenterologist and one of the first to describe the disease of which he is the namesake, Crohns disease. ... Crouzon Syndrome is a type of genetic disorder known as a branchial arch syndrome. ... Octave Crouzon, full name Louis Edouard Octave Crouzon (1874-1938) was a French neurologist who was born in Paris. ... Jean Cruveilhier (born 1791 in Limoges, France; died 1874 in Jussac) was a French anatomist. ... Paul Clemens von Baumgarten (born August 28, 1848, Dresden; died 1928, Tubingen) is a German pathologist. ... Curlings ulcer is an acute peptic ulcer of the duodenum resulting as a complication from severe burns when reduced plasma volume leads to sloughing of the gastric mucosa. ... Thomas Blizard Curling (1811-1888), British surgeon, was born in London in 1811. ... The introduction to this article is too long. ... Frederick Eustace Batten (September 29, 1865 – 1918) was an English neurologist and pediatrician who has been referred to as the father of pediatric neurology. ... Cushings syndrome or hypercortisolism is an endocrine disorder caused by excessive levels of the endogenous corticosteroid hormone cortisol. ... Harvey Cushing (c. ...

D

• Da Costa syndrome – Jacob Mendez Da Costa
• Dalrymple disease – John Dalrymple
• Danbolt-Closs syndrome – Niels Christian Gauslaa Danbolt, Karl Philipp Closs
• de Quervain's disease – Fritz de Quervain
• Dejerine-Sottas disease
• Denys-Drash syndrome
• Dent's disease
• Devic's disease
• Di Guglielmo's disease
• Donovanosis
• Down syndrome – John Langdon Down
• Dressler's syndrome
• Duane syndrome
• Dubin-Johnson syndrome
• Duncan's disease

Dr. Jacob Mendes Da Costa, or Jacob Mendez Da Costa (February 7, 1833, Saint Thomas/São Tomé, U.S. Virgin Islands, Caribbean - September 12, 1900) was an American surgeon. ... John Dalrymple refers to more than one person; John Dalrymple, 1st Earl of Stair John Dalrymple, 2nd Earl of Stair This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... DeQuervains syndrome (also known as washerwomans sprain, Radial styloid tenosynovitis or De Quervains disease), named for Swiss surgeon Fritz de Quervain who first identified it in 1885, is an inflammation of the sheath or tunnel that surrounds two tendons that control movement of the thumb. ... Fritz de Quervain (1868-1940) was a Swiss surgeon, and a leading authority on thyroid disease. ... Dejerine-Sottas Syndrome/Neuropathy (hereditary motor and sensory polyneuropathy type III; sometimes also described as a subtype III of Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease) is an autosomal dominant or autosomal recessive neuropathy usually characterized by infantile onset of moderate to severe lower and upper extremity weakness and loss of sensation. ... Denys-Drash syndrome is a syndrome characterized by the following conditions: gonadal dysgenesis nephropathy Wilms tumor Its cause is on chromosome 11. ... Devics disease, also known as Devics syndrome, neuromyelitis optica (NMO), or optic-spinal MS, is an autoimmune, inflammatory disorder in which a persons own immune system attacks myelin of the neurons of the optic nerves and spinal cord. ... Erythroleukemia (or acute Di Guglielmo syndrome) is a rare form of myeloid leukaemia where the myeloproliferation is of erythrocyte precursors. ... Granuloma inguinale or Donovanosis is a bacterial disease caused by the organism Calymmatobacterium granulomatis. ... John Langdon Haydon Down (November 18, 1828-October 7, 1896) was a British doctor best known for his description of what is now called Down syndrome. ... Dresslers syndrome is a form of pericarditis that occurs in the setting of injury to the heart or the pericardium (the outer lining of the heart). ... An individual diagnosed with Duane syndrome in the left eye. ... Dubin-Johnson syndrome is an autosomal recessive disease which presents shortly after birth with an increase of conjugated bilirubin without elevation of liver enzymes (ALT, AST). ...

E

• Eales disease
• Edwards syndrome—John H. Edwards

Eales 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 (neovascularization), and recurrent retinal and vitreal hemorrhages. ... Trisomy 18 or Edwards Syndrome (named after John H. Edwards who first described the syndrome in 1960) is a genetic disorder. ... John Hilton Edwards (born March 26, 1928) is a British medical geneticist[1]. He is credited with the first description, in 1960, of the syndrome now known as Edwards syndrome or trisomy 18[2]. Notes ^ John Hilton Edwards (a short biography). ...

F

• Fabry's disease
• Fanconi anaemia
• Farber's disease
• Fitz-Hugh-Curtis syndrome
• Foix-Alajouanine disease
• Fournier's Gangrene
• Forbe's disease (see Glycogen storage disease type III)
• Franklin's disease
• Friedreich's ataxia

Fabry disease (also known as Anderson-Fabry disease, Angiokeratoma corporis diffusum, Ceramide trihexosidosis, and Sweeley-Klionsky disease) is an X-linked recessive inherited lysosomal storage disease. ... Fanconi anemia (FA) is a rare genetic disease that affects children and adults from all ethnic backgrounds. ... Farber disease (also known as Farber’s lipogranulomatosis or ceramidase deficiency) describes a group of rare autosomal recessive disorders that cause an accumulation of fatty material in the joints, tissues and central nervous system. ... Fitz-Hugh-Curtis syndrome is a rare complication of pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) named after the two physicians, Fitz-Hugh and Curtis who first reported this condition. ... Glycogen storage disease type III is characterized by a deficiency in glycogen debranching enzymes. ... Friedreichs ataxia is a rare autosomal recessive disorder caused by a mutation in Gene X25 that codes for frataxin, located on chromosome 9. ...

G

• Gaucher's disease
• Ghon focus – Anton Ghon
• Gilbert syndrome – Augustin Nicolas Gilbert, French gastroenterologist
• Graves' disease
• Graves-Basedow disease – Robert James Graves, Karl Adolph von Basedow
• Grawitz tumor (nephrocellular carcinoma) – Paul Albert Grawitz, German pathologist
• Guam disease
• Guillain-Barré syndrome – Georges Guillain, Jean Alexandre Barré
• Gunther's disease

Gauchers disease (pronounced ) is the most common of the lipid storage diseases. ... Visible cavities in later stage tuberculosis; Ghon focuses are smaller. ... Gilbert syndrome the most common hereditary cause of increased unconjugated bilirubin. ... Augustin Nicolas Gilbert (February 15, 1858 - March 4, 1927) was a French physician who was born in the town of Buzancy. ... Graves-Basedow disease is a form of thyroiditis, an autoimmune disorder that stimulates the thyroid gland, being the most common cause of hyperthyroidism (overactivity of the thyroid). ... Graves-Basedow disease or known simply as Graves disease is a medical disorder that may manifest several different conditions including goitre and hyperthyroidism (over-activity of thyroid hormone production), infiltrative exophthalmos (protruberance of one or both eyes and associated problems) and infiltrative dermopathy (a skin condition usually of the lower... Karl Adolph von Basedow (March 28, 1799 – April 11, 1854) was a German physician most famous for reporting the symptoms of what could later be dubbed Graves-Basedow disease. ... Renal cell carcinoma, also known by the eponym Grawitz tumor, is the most common form of kidney cancer arising from the renal tubule. ... Paul Albert Grawitz (born October 1, 1850, Zerrin/Sierzno, Kreis Bütow (cf. ... Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) is an acute, autoimmune, polyradiculoneuropathy affecting the peripheral nervous system, usually triggered by an acute infectious process. ... Georges Charles Guillain (March 3, 1876 - June 29, 1961) was a French neurologist. ... Jean Alexandre Barré (May 25, 1880 – April 26, 1967), French neurologist, worked in 1916 on the identification of the Guillain-Barré syndrome. ... Gunthers disease is a form of erythropoietic porphyria. ...

H

• Hailey-Hailey disease
• Hallervorden-Spatz disease
• Hansen's disease – Gerhard Armauer Hansen
• Hartnup disease
• Hashimoto's thyroiditis – Hakaru Hashimoto
• Heyde's syndrome
• Hirschsprung's disease – Harald Hirschsprung, Danish physician
• Hodgkin's disease, Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma – Thomas Hodgkin
• Horton's headache
• Huntington's disease
• Henoch-Schönlein purpura

... This article or section is in need of attention from an expert on the subject. ... Gerhard Henrick Armauer Hansen (July 29, 1841 - February 12, 1912) was a Norwegian physician, remembered for his identification of Mycobacterium leprae as the causative agent of leprosy in 1873. ... Hartnup disease, or Hartnups disease, or Hartnup disorder, is a genetic metabolic disorder in the absorption of the amino acid tryptophan that leads to the insufficent production of nicotinamide. ... Hashimotos thyroiditis, the most common form of thyroiditis, is an autoimmune disease where the bodys own antibodies fight the cells of the thyroid. ... Heydes syndrome is a syndrome of aortic valve stenosis associated with gastrointestinal bleeding from colonic angiodysplasia. ... Hirschsprungs disease, or congenital aganglionic megacolon, involves an enlargement of the colon, caused by bowel obstruction resulting from an aganglionic section of bowel (the normal enteric nerves are absent) that starts at the anus and progresses upwards. ... Harald Hirschsprung was a Danish physician who first described Hirschsprungs disease in 1886. ... Non-Hodgkins lymphoma is a type of cancer. ... Thomas Hodgkin (b. ... Cluster headaches are rare, extremely painful and debilitating headaches that occur in groups or clusters. ... In medicine (rheumatology and pediatrics) Henoch-Schönlein purpura (HSP, also known as allergic purpura) is a systemic vasculitis characterized by prominent tissue deposition of IgA-containing immune complexes, especially in the skin and kidney. ...

J

• Jakob-Creutzfeldt disease

Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (CJD) is a lethal brain disorder characterized by memory loss, personality changes, hallucinations, speech impairment, jerky movements, changes in gait, rigid posture, and seizures due to a rapid loss of neural cells caused by transmissible proteins called prions. ...

K

• Kahler's disease
• Kaposi sarcoma – Moritz Kaposi, Hungarian dermatologist
• Kashin-Beck disease
• Kawasaki disease
• Kearns-Sayre syndrome
• Keshen disease
• Kienbock's disease
• Kikuchi's disease
• Kimmelstiel-Wilson disease
• Kimura's disease
• Kinsbourne's syndrome
• Kjer's optic neuropathy– Poul Kjer, Danish ophthalmologist
• Klatskin's tumor
• Klinefelter's syndrome
• Klüver-Bucy syndrome
• Köhler's bone disease
• Korsakoff syndrome
• Krabbe's disease
• Kugelberg-Weland disease
• King-Kopetzky syndrome

Multiple myeloma (also known as MM, myeloma, plasma cell myeloma, or as Kahlers disease after Otto Kahler) is a type of cancer of plasma cells, immune system cells in bone marrow that produce antibodies. ... Moritz Kaposi (b. ... Kawasaki disease, also known as mucocutaneous lymph node syndrome, mucocutaneous lymph node disease, infantile polyarteritis and Kawasaki syndrome, is a poorly understood self-limited vasculitis that affects many organs, including the skin and mucous membranes, lymph nodes, blood vessel walls, and the heart. ... Kearns-Sayre syndrome (abbreviated KSS) is a disease caused by a 5,000 base deletion in the mitochondrial DNA. As such, it is a rare genetic disease in that it can be heteroplasmic, that is, more than one genome can be in a cell at any given time. ... Kienbocks Disease is a disorder of the wrist. ... Dominant optic atrophy (DOA), or Kjer’s optic neuropathy, is an autosomally inherited disease that affects the optic nerves, causing reduced visual acuity and blindness beginning in childhood. ... A Klatskin tumor is a cholangiocarcinoma (cancer of the biliary tree) occurring at the confluence of the right and left hepatic bile ducts. ... Klinefelters syndrome, 47,XXY or XXY syndrome is a condition caused by a chromosome aneuploidy. ... Klüver-Bucy Syndrome is a condition in which an individuals amygdala has been damaged. ... Korsakoffs syndrome (Korsakoffs psychosis, amnesic-confabulatory syndrome), is a degenerative brain disorder caused by the lack of thiamine (vitamin B1) in the brain. ... Krabbe disease (also known as globoid cell leukodystrophy or galactosylceramide lipidosis) is a rare, often fatal degenerative disorder that affects the nervous system. ... Also known as obscure auditory dysfunction (OAD)[1] or auditory disability with normal hearing (ADN), King-Kopetzky syndrome is an auditory disability with clinically a “normal” hearing threshold. ...

L

• Lackasushi
• Lafora's disease
• Legg-Calvé-Perthes disease
• Leigh's disease
• Leiner's disease
• Lenègre's disease
• Lesch-Nyhan syndrome
• Letterer-Siwe disease
• Lev's disease
• Libman-Sacks disease
• Lobomycosis
• Löffler's eosinophilic endocarditis
• Lou Gehrig's disease
• Ludwig's angina
• Lynch syndrome

Legg-Calvé-Perthes syndrome is a degenerative disease of the hip joint, where a loss of bone mass leads to some degree of collapse of the hip joint, that is, to deformity of the ball of the femur and the surface of the hip socket. ... Leighs Disease, a form of Leigh syndrome, is a rare neurometabolic disorder that affects the central nervous system. ... Lesch-Nyhan syndrome (LNS) is a rare, inherited disorder caused by a deficiency of the enzyme hypoxanthine-guanine phosphoribosyltransferase (HPRT). ... Letterer-Siwe disease is a condition where histiocytes proliferate in the body. ... Levs disease (or Lenegre-Lev syndrome) is an acquired complete heart block due to idiopathic fibrosis of the electrical conduction system of the heart. ... Histopathological changes in the skin seen in lobomycosis. ... Motor neurone disease (MND) is a term used to cover a number of illnesses of the motor neurone: amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), progressive muscular atrophy (PMA), progressive bulbar palsy (PBP) and progressive lateral sclerosis (PLS). ... Ludwigs angina, otherwise known as angina ludovici, is a serious, potentially life-threatening infection of the tissues of the floor of the mouth, usually occurring in adults with concomitant dental infections. ... Hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal cancer (HNPCC), also known as Lynch syndrome, is characterized by an increased risk of colorectal cancer and other cancers such as endometrium, ovary, stomach, small intestine, hepatobiliary tract, upper urinary tract, brain, and skin. ...

M

• Machado-Joseph disease (Spinocerebellar ataxia type 3)
• Maladie de Charcot, French name for Motor Neurone Disease – Jean-Martin Charcot, a French neurologist
• Marfan syndrome
• McArdle's Disease
• Ménétrier's disease
• Ménière’s disease – Prosper Meniere
• Menke's disease
• Minamata disease – Minamata, Japan
• Mondor's disease
• Monge's disease
• Mucha-Habermann disease

Spinocerebellar ataxia (SCA) is a genetic disease with multiple types, each of which could be considered a disease in its own right. ... The motor neurone diseases (MND) are a group of progressive neurological disorders that destroy motor neurones, the cells that control voluntary muscle activity such as speaking, walking, breathing, and swallowing. ... The motor neurone diseases (MND) are a group of progressive neurological disorders that destroy motor neurones, the cells that control voluntary muscle activity such as speaking, walking, breathing, and swallowing. ... Categories: People stubs | French physicians | 1825 births | 1893 deaths | History of medicine ... Marfan syndrome is an autosomal dominant genetic disorder of the connective tissue characterized by unusually long limbs, great stature, or long toes (or fingers) in proportion to the persons height, as well as a predisposition to cardiovascular disease. ... Glycogen storage disease type V is a metabolic disorder, more specifically a glycogen storage disease, caused by a deficiency of myophosphorylase, the muscle isoform of the enzyme glycogen phosphorylase. ... Ménétriers disease (also known as hyperplastic hypersecretory gastropathy, and named after a French physician P. Ménétrier, 1859-1935), is a disorder in which the gastric mucosal folds (rugae) are enlarged[1] (and the total weight of the stomach is increased), making the surface of the... Ménières disease (or syndrome, since its cause is unknown) was first described by French physician Prosper Ménière in 1861. ... Prosper Ménière (June 18, 1799 — February 7, 1862) was a French physician who in 1861 described the symptoms now known as Ménières disease. ... Minamata disease ), sometimes referred to as Chisso-Minamata disease ), is a neurological syndrome caused by severe mercury poisoning. ... Mondors disease is a rare condition which involves thrombophlebitis of the superficial veins of the breast and anterior chest wall. ... Chronic mountain sickness (CMS) is a disease that can develop during extended time living at altitude. ...

N

• Naxos disease
• Noonan syndrome

-1... Noonan Syndrome (NS) is a relatively common congenital genetic condition which affects both males and females. ...

O

• Ondine's curse
• Ormond disease
• Osgood-Schlatter disease

Ondines curse, or central alveolar hypoventilation syndrome, is a respiratory disorder that is fatal if untreated. ... Osgood-Schlatter disease (also known as tibial tubercle traumatic apophysitis) is an inflammation of the growth plate at the tibial tuberosity. ...

P

• Paget's disease of bone (* Paget's disease)
• Paget's disease of the breast (* Paget's disease of the nipple)
• Paget's disease of the penis
• Parkinson's disease – Dr. James Parkinson
• Patau syndrome
• Pelizeus-Merzbacher disease
• Peyronie's disease – Francois Gigot de la Peyronie
• Pick's disease – Arnold Pick
• Pickardt syndrome
• Plummer's disease
• Poland's syndrome – Sir Alfred Poland
• Pompe's disease
• Pott's disease – Percivall Pott
• Pott's Puffy Tumor – Percivall Pott
• Potter's syndrome – Dr. Edith Potter
• Prader-Willi syndrome – Dr. Andrea Prader, (Alexis Labhart) and Dr. Heinrich Willi
• Prinzmetal angina – Myron Prinzmetal

Bold text X-ray of Pagets disease Pagets disease, otherwise known as osteitis deformans, is a chronic disorder that typically results in enlarged and deformed bones. ... Sir James Paget, a prolific surgeon and pathologist, described several diseases, all called Pagets disease: The term is most commonly used to refer to Pagets disease of bone It can also mean Pagets disease of the breast Or: Pagets disease of the penis. ... Pagets disease of the breast, also known as Pagets disease of the nipple, is a condition that outwardly may have the appearance of eczema - with skin changes involving the nipple of the breast. ... Pagets disease of the breast is named after Sir James Paget, an English surgeon who first described this condition in 1874, this condition is also known as Pagets disease of the nipple. Pagets disease is present in 2% of all breast cancers. ... Extramammary Paget’s disease (EMPD), also Extramammary Paget disease, is a usually non-invasive adenocarcinoma of the skin outside of the mammary gland and includes Pagets disease of the vulva and Pagets disease of the penis. ... James Parkinson (April 11, 1755 – December 21, 1824) was an English physician, geologist, paleontologist, and political activist. ... Patau syndrome, also known as trisomy 13, is a chromosomal aberration, a disease in which a patient has an additional chromosome 13 due to a non-disjunction of chromosomes during meiosis. ... Pelizaeus-Merzbacher disease (PMD) is a rare central nervous system disorder in which coordination, motor abilities, and intellectual function are delayed to variable extents. ... Peyronies disease is a rare connective tissue disorder involving the growth of fibrous plaques in the soft tissue of the penis affecting as many as 1% of men. ... Picks disease is a dementing illness associated with deterioration of the frontal and temporal lobes of the brain. ... Arnold Pick ((July 20, 1851 - April 4, 1924) was a Czechoslovakian neurologist and psychiatrist . ... ... Toxic multinodular goitre (also known as toxic nodular goitre, toxic nodular struma, or Plummers disease) is a form of hyperthyroidism - where there is excess production of thyroid hormones. ... Poland syndrome (also Polands syndrome, Polands syndactyly and Polands anomaly) is a rare birth defect characterized by underdevelopment or absence of the chest muscle (pectoralis) on one side of the body and webbing of the fingers (cutaneous syndactyly) of the hand on the same side (ipsilateral hand). ... Sir Alfred Poland (1822 - August 21, 1872) was a 19th century British surgeon. ... Pompes disease is a type II glycogen storage disease. ... Potts disease is a presentation of extrapulmonary tuberculosis that affects the spine. ... Percival Pott (January 6, 1714 – December 22, 1788, London, England) was an English physician and surgeon, one of the founders of orthopedy, and the first scientist to demonstrate that a cancer may be caused by an environmental carcinogen. ... Percival Pott (January 6, 1714 – December 22, 1788, London, England) was an English physician and surgeon, one of the founders of orthopedy, and the first scientist to demonstrate that a cancer may be caused by an environmental carcinogen. ... Potter syndrome is a congenital birth defect and is also known as Potters Syndrome, Potters Sequence or Oligohydramnios Sequence. ... Prader-Willi Syndrome is a genetic disorder, in which seven genes (or some subset thereof) on chromosome 15 are missing or unexpressed (chromosome 15q partial deletion) on the paternal chromosome. ... Prinzmetals angina, also known as variant angina or angina inversa, is a syndrome typically consisting of angina (cardiac chest pain) at rest that occurs in cycles. ...

R

• Raynaud's disease – Maurice Raynaud, French physician
• Refsum's disease
• Reiter's syndrome
• Reye's syndrome
• Riggs' disease – John M. Riggs (dentist)
• Riley-Day syndrome
• Ritter's disease
• Roger's disease
• Rotor syndrome – Arturo Belleza Rotor, Filipino internist
• Rubenstein-Taybi syndrome

Raynauds disease (RAY-noz) is a condition that affects blood flow to the extremities which include the fingers, toes, nose and ears when exposed to temperature changes or stress. ... Maurice Raynaud is the French doctor who discovered Raynauds Disease in the late 1800s. ... Refsums Disease is an autosomal recessive (Chromosome 10) neurological disease that results in the malformation of myelin sheaths around nerve cells. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Reactive arthritis. ... Reyes syndrome is a potentially fatal disease that causes numerous detrimental effects to many organs, especially the brain and liver. ... Riggs disease, also known as pyorrhea of a toothsocket or gingivitis expulsiva, is a purulent inflammation of the dental periosteum named after American dentist John M. Riggs (1810-1885). ... Staphylococcal scalded skin syndrome, SSSS, also known as Pemphigus neonatorum or Ritters disease, is a dermatological condition caused by Staphylococcus aureus. ... Rotor syndrome is a rare, benign autosomal recessive disorder of unknown origin. ... Rubenstein-Taybi syndrome (also known as Broad Thumb-Hallux syndrome) is a genetic disorder. ...

S

• Salmonella – Daniel Elmer Salmon
• Sandhoff's disease
• Scahmberg's disease
• Schinzel-Giedion Syndrome – Drs. Albert Schinzel and Andreas Giedion, who first described the syndrome in a professional journal
• Seligmann's disease
• Sever's disease
• Simmond's disease
• Steele-Richardson-Olszewski syndrome
• Stevens-Johnson syndrome
• Still's disease

Species Salmonella bongori Salmonella enterica Salmonella arizonae Salmonella enteritidis Salmonella typhi Salmonella typhimurium Salmonella is a genus of rod-shaped Gram-negative enterobacteria that causes typhoid fever, paratyphoid fever, and foodborne illness. ... Daniel Elmer Salmon, (1850-1914), was born at Mount Olive, New Jersey. ... Severs disease, or Calcaneal apophysitis, is the most frequent cause of heel pain in children between the ages of 8 and 13 and is due to an inflamation of growing plates, the calcaneus in the back of the foot due to the rapid growth of bone when compared to... Progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP) (or the Steele-Richardson-Olszweski syndrome, after the Canadian physicians who described it in 1963 ) is a rare degenerative disorder involving the gradual deterioration and death of selected neurons in the brain. ... Stevens-Johnson syndrome (SJS) is a severe and life-threatening condition. ... Stills disease is a form of juvenile rheumatoid arthritis (JRA), characterized by high spiking fevers and transient rashes, named after the English physician Sir George F. Still (1861-1941). ...

T

• Takayasu's arteritis
• Tangier disease
• Tay-Sachs disease
• Thomsen's disease
• Tourette syndrome – Georges Albert Édouard Brutus Gilles de la Tourette
• Treacher Collins syndrome is the common name for mandibulofacial dysostosis
• Turner's syndrome – Henry Turner

Takayasus arteritis is an inflammatory disease of unknown etiology that affects the aorta and its branches. ... Tangier disease is a rare inherited disorder characterized by a severe reduction in the amount of high density lipoprotein (HDL), often referred to as good cholesterol, in the bloodstream. ... Tay-Sachs disease (abbreviated TSD, also known as GM2 gangliosidosis) is a genetic disorder, fatal in its most common variant known as Infantile Tay-Sachs disease. ... Tourette syndrome (also called Tourettes syndrome, Tourettes disorder, Gilles de la Tourette syndrome, GTS or, more commonly, simply Tourettes or TS) is an inherited neurological disorder with onset in childhood, characterized by the presence of multiple physical (motor) tics and at least one vocal (phonic) tic; these... Georges Edouard Albert Brutus Gilles de la Tourette (1859 - 1904) was a French physician. ... Treacher Collins syndrome (also known as Franceschetti-Zwahlen-Klein syndrome or mandibulofacial dysostosis) is a rare genetic disorder characterized by craniofacial deformities. ... Henry Turner may refer to, among others: Henry McNeil Turner (1834-1915), Bishop of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. ...

U

• Unverricht-Lundborg disease

The Unverricht-Lundborg Disease (ULD) is the most common type of PME (Progressive Myoclonus Epilepsy). ...

V

• Vincent's angina
• Von Gierke's disease
• Von Hippel-Lindau disease – Dr. Eugen von Hippel; Arvid Vilhelm Lindau, Swedish pathologist
• Von Recklinghausen's disease (* neurofibromatosis)
• Von Willebrand's disease – Erik Adolf von Willebrand

Trench mouth is a polymicrobial infection of the gums leading to inflammation, bleeding, deep ulceration and necrotic gum tissue; there may also be fever. ... von Gierkes disease, is a glycogen storage disease, it is genetic disorder caused by a glucose-6-phosphatase deficiency. ... Von Hippel-Lindau disease (VHL) is a rare inherited genetic condition involving the abnormal growth of tumors in parts of the body which are particularly rich in blood supply. ... Eugen von Hippel (1867-1939) was a German ophthalmologist who received his medical doctorate in 1889 from Heidelberg and soon after became assistant to ophthalmologist Theodore Leber. ... Arvid Lindau (1892-1958) was a Swedish pathologist who practiced medicine in Lund, Sweden. ... Neurofibromatosis type I (NF-1), also known as von Recklinghausen syndrome, comprises, along with neurofibromatosis type II (a. ... Neurofibromatosis is an autosomal dominant genetic disorder. ... Von Willebrands disease (vWD) is the most common hereditary coagulation abnormality described in humans. ... jhjutuihjiorjknmhrkgsnmjkhsugtu89576894-723698902368968590udghiojkgjbjkgjibugfjuhiuhry89u9ety8 message 7. ...

W

• Waldenstrom's macroglobulinaemia
• Warkany syndrome (trisomy)
• Waterhouse-Friderichsen syndrome
• Weber-Christian disease
• Wegener's granulomatosis
• Werner's syndrome
• Wernicke's encephalopathy
• Whipple's disease – George Hoyt Whipple
• Wilms' tumor – Dr Max Wilms, a German surgeon
• Wilson's disease
• Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome – Alfred Wiskott, Robert Aldrich
• Wohlfart-Kugelberg-Welander disease
• Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome
• Wolman disease
• Williams syndrome

Waldenström macroglobulinemia (WM) is cancer involving a subtype of white blood cells called lymphocytes. ... There are two syndromes known as Warkany syndrome Warkany syndrome 1 Warkany syndrome 2 Both are named after Joseph Warkany, an American human geneticist and pediatrician, 1902-1992. ... A trisomy means the presence of three (instead of the normal two) chromosomes of a particular numbered type in an organism. ... Waterhouse-Friderichsen syndrome is massive, usually bilateral, hemorrhage into the adrenal glands caused by fulminant meningococcemia. ... In medicine (rheumatology), Wegeners granulomatosis is a form of vasculitis that affects the lungs, kidneys and other organs. ... Werner syndrome is a very rare, autosomal recessive disorder whose most recognizable characteristic is premature aging. ... Wernickes encephalopathy is a severe irreversible syndrome characterised by loss of short-term memory. ... Whipples disease is a rare disease caused by the bacteria Thropheryma whipplei. ... George Hoyt Whipple (August 28, 1878 - February 1, 1976) was one of three recipients in 1934 of the Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine for their work on liver therapy in cases of anemia. ... Wilms tumor is a neoplasm of the kidneys that typically occurs in children. ... Wilsons disease or hepatolenticular degeneration is an autosomal recessive hereditary disease, with an incidence of about 1 in 30,000 in most parts of the world and a male preponderance. ... Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome (WAS) is a rare X-linked recessive disease characterized by eczema, thrombocytopenia (low platelet counts), immune deficiency, and bloody diarrhea (due to the low platelet counts). ... Robert Aldrich (August 9, 1918 – December 5, 1983) was a United States film director, writer and producer notable for a number of films including What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?, Hush, Hush, Sweet Charlotte, and The Dirty Dozen. ... Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome (WPW) is a syndrome of pre-excitation of the ventricles due to an accessory pathway known as the bundle of Kent. ... Wolman disease (also known as Wolman’s disease, Wolman’s syndrom, and acid lipase deficiency) is a rare severe lipid storage disease that is usually fatal by age 1. ... Williams syndrome (also Williams-Beuren syndrome, sometimes called Pixieism) is a rare genetic disorder, occurring in fewer than 1 in 7,500 live births. ...

X Y Z

• Zieve's syndrome
• Zollinger-Ellison syndrome

Zieves syndrome is an acute metabolic condition that can occur during withdrawal from prolonged alcohol abuse. ... Zollinger-Ellison syndrome is a disorder where increased levels of the hormone gastrin are produced, causing the stomach to produce excess hydrochloric acid. ...

See also

• List of eponymous medical signs for a list of medical signs named after people.
• List of eponyms for a complete list of eponyms sorted by name
• Lists of etymologies
• Syndrome

Eponymous medical signs are medical signs that are named after a person or persons, usually the physicians who first described them, but occasionally named after a famous patient with the signs. ... medicines, see medication and pharmacology. ... An eponym is a person (real or fictitious) from whom something is said to take its name. ... This is a list of etymological lists. ... In medicine, the term syndrome is the association of several clinically recognizable features, signs, symptoms, phenomena or characteristics which often occur together, so that the presence of one feature alerts the physician to the presence of the others. ...

External links

• WhoNamedIt.com, a site dedicated to medical eponyms and their namesakes.
• What's in a Name: The Eponymic Route to Imortality