Hutchinson's triad

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Hutchinson's triad is named after Sir Jonathan Hutchinson (1828–1913). It is a common pattern of presentation for congenital syphilis, and consists of three phenomena: interstitial keratitis, Hutchinson incisors, and eighth nerve deafness.^[1]

[edit] References

^ Singh, Ameeta E.; Barbara Romanowski (1 April 1999). "Syphilis: Review with Emphasis on Clinical, Epidemiologic, and Some Biologic Features". Clinical Microbiology Reviews 12 (2): 187–209. PMC 88914. PMID 10194456. http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?tool=pmcentrez&artid=88914.

Eponymous medical signs for infectious disease

Bacterial disease

syphilis (Hutchinson's teeth, Hutchinson's triad, Abelin reaction, Westphal's sign, Clutton's joints, Dennie-Marfan syndrome)

measles (Koplik's spots, Warthin-Finkeldey cell) · yellow fever (Councilman body) · Tzanck test

Inclusion bodies: poxvirus (Downie bodies/A, Guarnieri bodies/B) · rabies (Negri bodies) · Cowdry bodies

Liebermeister's rule · Faget sign

Parasitic disease

Chagas disease (Romana's sign) · African trypanosomiasis (Winterbottom's sign) · malaria (Schüffner's dots)

gr+f/gr+a(t)/gr-p(c)/gr-o

drug(J1p, w, n, m, vacc)

virs(prot)/clss

cutn/syst (hppv/hiva, infl/zost/zoon)/epon

drugJ(dnaa, rnaa, rtva, vacc)

ambz, excv, chrm (strc)

ambz, excv, chrm

ambz, excv, chrm

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