Introduction. In the morphological sciences (human anatomy, clinical, topographic and pathological histology, embryology, cytology, etc.), eponyms have been used for a long time. Experts apply eponymous terms, which contribute to professional development of healthcare professionals, enrich their intellectual background, because an eponym comprises piece history culture that created from earlies...

Because of the widespread use of eponyms and acronyms to describe labroligamentous findings in the shoulder, interpreting shoulder magnetic resonance imaging reports can be challenging. A summary of the appearance of these lesions on shoulder magnetic resonance images can help the orthopedic surgeon to understand these entities as imaging findings and to determine the appropriate treatment for ...

It is well known that the names of discoverers are commonly used in medical terminology, especially in everyday use. The advantage of an eponym is that a complex description of a certain syndrome, surgical procedure, manifestations of a particular disease, or its details, can be expressed in a single word (Holomáňová & Brucknerová 2003). Current official anatomical nomenclatures do not use epon...

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Duchenne muscular dystrophy While the eponym, Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD), is applied to the most common and most severe muscular dystrophy of childhood, Duchenne was not the first to describe the condition. 10 years before Duchenne reported his first case of Duchenne dystrophy, the London physician Meryon had described the condition. However, Duchenne provided a comprehensive account of ...

M of us have a personal idiosyncrasy, to remember eponyms in c l in ica l medicine and other branches. They include syndromes, phenomenas, laws and rules, tests, manoeuvres, triads, tetrads, etc. Most of the times, they indicate te names of the persons who first described them, but some imply other persons or situations. De Musset's sign (head nodding with each heart beat) at times seen in aort...