Jakob Erdheim
Jakob Erdheim (24 May 1874,
cystic medial necrosis
.
He was born into a Jewish family
He distinguished himself in research of
cervical spondylosis secondary to acromegaly).[5]
Other eponyms associated with him are:
- Erdheim disease: a synonym for cystic medial necrosis.
- Erdheim tumor: a synonym for craniopharyngioma.[6]
He used the term "nanosomia pituitaria" to describe
pituitary dwarfism.[3]
Published works
- Uber Hypophysenganggeschwülste und Hirncholesteatome, 1904 - On pituitary swelling and brain cholesteatoma.
- Rachitis und Epithelkörperchen, 1914 - Rachitis and the parathyroid glands.
- Die lebensvorgange im normalen knorpel und seine wucherung bei akromegalie, 1931 - Life processes of normal cartilage and its growth in acromegalia.[7]
References
- ^ a b Österreichisches Biographisches Lexikon 1815-1950 (biography in German)
- ^ Der wissenschaftliche Werdegang von Professor Jakob Erdheim
- ^ Who Named It
- ^ The Orthopaedic Journal Our debt to orthopaedic pathologists
- Who Named It
- ^ Medical Dictionary definition of eponyms
- ^ WorldCat Identities (publications)
External links
- doctor/2117 at Who Named It?
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