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List of eponymous diseases
An eponymous disease medical journal . Rarely an eponymous disease may be named after a patient (examples include Christmas disease , Lou Gehrig's disease , Hartnup disease and Mortimer's disease ).
Related disease namings include place names (Bornholm disease , Lyme disease , Ebola hemorrhagic fever ) and even societies (Legionnaires' disease ). These, however, are not eponyms.
Eponyms are a longstanding tradition in Western science and medicine. Being awarded an eponym is regarded as an honour: "eponymity, not anonymity, is the standard" (Merton R K, 1973). It is regarded as bad form to attempt to eponymise oneself. At a time when medicine lacked the tools to investigate the underlying causes of many 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.
Punctuation In 1975 , the Canadian National Institutes of Health held a conference where the naming of diseases and conditions was discussed. This was reported in The Lancet PMID 46972 ) 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.
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:
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.
Alphabetical list
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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
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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 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 BrennerBrewer 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 brothersBruns 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
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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
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