Monday, February 11, 2008

Eponyms

Here's the challenge (thought up by Alex Penn) - What's a differential diagnosis for dyspnea...using only eponyms? Here's what a few of us thought up:

Lambert-Eaton Myasthenic Syndrome
Guillain-Barre
Austin-Flint (I think this one's iffy, it's a sign not a syndrome)
Eisenmenger's syndrome
Ebstein's anomaly
Tetralogy of Fallot
Fanconi anemia
Pancoast tumor
Marfan's syndrome leading to pneumothorax
Klinefelter's syndrome leading to pneumothorax
Factor V Leiden -> DVT -> PE
I think we're starting to stretch it.

2 comments:

  1. haha, came up with later on:

    Caplan's syndrome
    Wegener granulomatosis
    Churg-Strauss syndrome

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