Czech eponyms in pathology

Overview

The 24^th European Congress of Pathology taking place in Prague is an opportunity to remind our society of the Czech names appearing as eponyms in pathological terminology: Karel Rokitanský – R. protuberance in dermoid cyst; R. thrombogenic theory of atherosclerosis; Mayer – R. – Küster – Hauser – Winckel syndrome (congenital malformation of the vagina and uterus); Václav Treitz – T. duodenal ligament; T. retroperitoneal hernia; T. uremic colitis; Vilém Dušan Lambl – L. excrescences of heart valves; Lamblia (Giardia) intestinalis, and also the foundation of urological cytology; Stanislav Provázek – Prowazek – Halberstädter bodies (trachoma), Rickettsia Prowazeki (typhus fever); Josef Vaněk – V. tumor (gastric inflammatory fibroid polyp), and also discovery of the etiology of pneumocystic pneumonia; Otto Jírovec – Pneumocystis Jiroveci; Blahoslav Bednář – B. tumor (pigmented dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans).

Keywords:
Rokitansky – Treitz – Lambl – Prowazek – Vaněk – Jírovec – Bednář – history of pathology