Thursday, February 21, 2008

eponyms in medicine - part 23


221 - lockwood's operation - a type of LOW operation done for femoral hernia .


222 - raspberry tumor - other name for - umbilical adenoma - congenital .

223 - gibbon's hernia - hernia with hydrocele .

224 - moore's classification - classification of omphalocele ( exampholos ) .

225 - berger's hernia - hernia into the pouch of the douglas is called berger's hernia .

226 - guaiac test - used to test for occult blood in stool .

227 - spider leg appearance on IVP is suggestive of - RENAL CYST .

228 - flower vase pattern of the pelvis in an intravenous urogram is seen in - horse shoe kidney .

229 - golf hole ureter - seen in tuberculosis of the ureter .

230 - Fanconi’s syndrome is generalized dysfunction of proximal renal tubule leading to glycosuria - hyperphosphaturia - hypophasphatemia - aminoaciduria - and systemic acidosis; may be associated with out-dated tetracyclines.

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