Friday, February 13, 2009
eponymous diseases
A
- Aarskog-Scott syndrome – Dagfinn Aarskog, Charles Scott
- Aase-Smith syndrome – 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
- 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 – Nicolas Maurice Arthus
- Asherman syndrome – Joseph G. Asherman
- Asperger syndrome – Hans Asperger
- Avellis syndrome – Georg Avellis
- Ayerza syndrome – Abel Ayerza
- Ayerza-Arrillaga syndrome – Abel Ayerza, Francisco Arrillaga
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 or Balo concentric sclerosis – Jószef Baló
- Bamberger disease – Heinrich von Bamberger
- Bamberger-Marie disease – Eugen von Bamberger, Pierre Marie
- Bancroft filariasis – Joseph Bancroft
- Bang's disease – Bernhard Bang
- Bankart lesion – Arthur Bankart
- 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 – the Brugada brothers
- 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
- Bürger-Grütz syndrome – Max Burger, Otto Grutz
- Burkitt lymphoma – Denis Parsons Burkitt
- Burnett syndrome – Charles Hoyt Burnett
- Byler disease
- Bywaters syndrome – Eric Bywaters
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's 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
- 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
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
- de Quervain's thyroiditis – Fritz de Quervain
- Dejerine-Sottas disease
- Denys-Drash syndrome
- Dent's disease
- Dercum's disease – Francis Xavier Dercum
- Devic's disease
- Di Guglielmo's disease
- Donovanosis
- Down syndrome – John Langdon Down
- Dressler's syndrome
- Duane syndrome
- Dubin-Johnson syndrome
- Duchenne muscular dystrophy
- Duncan's disease
- Duncan's syndrome[1]
- Dupuytren's contracture
- DiGeorge syndrome
E
- Eales disease
- Edwards syndrome – John H. Edwards
- Ehrlichiosis – Paul Ehrlich
- Erdheim-Chester disease – Jakob Erdheim, William Chester
F
- Fabry's disease
- Fanconi anaemia
- Farber's disease
- Felty's syndrome-A.R. Felty
- Fitz-Hugh-Curtis syndrome
- Foix-Alajouanine disease
- Fournier gangrene
- Forbe's disease (see Glycogen storage disease type III)
- Fugate's disease
- Franklin's disease
- Friedreich's ataxia
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
H
- Hardikar Syndrome
- Hailey-Hailey disease
- Hallervorden-Spatz disease
- Hansen disease – Gerhard Armauer Hansen
- Hartnup disease
- Hashimoto thyroiditis – Hakaru Hashimoto
- Heyde's syndrome
- Hirschsprung disease – Harald Hirschsprung, Danish physician
- Hodgkin disease, Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma – Thomas Hodgkin
- Horton headache
- Huntington's disease
- Henoch-Schönlein purpura
J
K
- Kahler's disease
- Kanner syndrome – Leo Kanner (this name is rarely used now)
- Kaposi sarcoma – Moritz Kaposi, Hungarian dermatologist
- Kashin-Beck disease
- Kawasaki disease
- Kearns-Sayre syndrome
- Kenny 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
L
- Lackasushi
- Lafora's disease
- Legg-Calvé-Perthes disease
- Leigh's disease
- Leiner's disease
- Leishmaniasis – Sir William Boog Leishman
- 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
- Machado-Joseph disease (Spinocerebellar ataxia type 3)
- Maladie de Charcot, French name for Motor Neurone Disease – Jean-Martin Charcot, a French neurologist
- Mallory-Weiss syndrome – G. Kenneth Mallory and Soma Weiss
- Mansonellosis – Sir Patrick Manson
- Marburg multiple sclerosis – Otto Marburg
- Marfan syndrome
- Marshall-Smith syndrome – Richard E. Marshall and David Weyhe Smith
- McArdle's Disease
- McCune-Albright syndrome – Donovan James McCune and Fuller Albright
- Meig's syndrome – Joe Vincent Meigs
- Ménétrier's disease
- Ménière’s disease – Prosper Meniere
- Menkes disease
- Minamata disease – Minamata, Japan
- Mondor's disease
- Monge's disease
- Mucha-Habermann disease
N
O
- Ondine's curse
- Ormond disease
- Osgood-Schlatter disease
- Osler-Weber-Rendu (Hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia)
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 – Friedrich Christoph Pelizaeus and Ludwig Merzbacher
- Perthes syndrome
- Peyronie's disease – François Gigot de la Peyronie
- Pick's disease – Arnold Pick
- Pickardt syndrome
- Plummer's disease
- Poland's syndrome – Sir Alfred Poland
- Pompe's disease – Johann Cassianius Pompe
- 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
R
- Ramsay Hunt syndrome – James Ramsay Hunt, American neurologist
- Raynaud's disease – Maurice Raynaud, French physician
- Refsum's disease
- Reiter's syndrome
- Rett Syndrome – Andreas Rett, Austrian pediatrician
- Reye's syndrome
- Rickettsiosis - Howard Taylor Ricketts
- Riggs' disease – John M. Riggs (dentist)
- Riley-Day syndrome
- Ritter's disease
- Robles Disease [2] (Onchocercosis [3]) – Rodolfo Robles, Guatemalan physician
- Roger's disease
- Rotor syndrome – Arturo Belleza Rotor, Filipino internist
- Rubenstein-Taybi syndrome
- Salmonella – Daniel Elmer Salmon
- Sandhoff's disease
- Scahmberg's disease
- Schilder'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
- Silver-Russel syndrome
- Simmond's Disease
- Sjogren's syndrome
- Steele-Richardson-Olszewski syndrome
- Stevens-Johnson syndrome
- Sturge-Weber disease
- Still's disease
- Susac's syndrome
T
- Takayasu's arteritis
- Tangier disease
- Tay-Sachs disease
- Theileriosis – Sir Arnold Theiler
- Thomsen's disease
- Tietze's syndrome
- Tourette syndrome – Georges Albert Édouard Brutus Gilles de la Tourette
- Treacher Collins syndrome is the common name for mandibulofacial dysostosis
- Turcot syndrome
- Turner's syndrome – Henry Turner
U
V
- Vincent's angina
- Virchow's syndrome
- 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
W
- Waldenstrom's macroglobulinaemia
- Warkany syndrome (trisomy)
- Waterhouse-Friderichsen syndrome
- Weber-Christian disease
- Wegener's granulomatosis
- Weil's disease-Adolf Weil
- Wells syndrome George Wells
- Werner's syndrome
- Wernicke's encephalopathy
- Whipple's disease – George Hoyt Whipple
- Williams syndrome
- William Strauss disease
- 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
X Y Z
Zieve's syndrome
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