College students, who major in health science, feel troubles in learning anatomy due to the differences between anatomical terminology and biology terms used in high school course. Moreover, there can be errors in communication between patients and medical personnel. So we investigated and analyzed the terminologies used in 7 high school biology textbooks, and compared them with Korean anatomical terminology and official biological terminology. The concordance rate of high school biology terms with anatomical terminology was just 50.3 +/-2.7%, while that with official biological terminology was significantly higher (89.8+/-1.6%). Most notable differences between high school biology terms and anatomical terminology were found in descriptions of the reproductive system. In addition, several eponyms and unofficial word spacing were noted in high school biology textbooks. These results can be served as valuable basic resources for revision and standardization of terminologies used in biomedical fields. Collaboration among anatomists, biologists and high school teachers is thought be prerequisite.
Anatomists ; Biology* ; Cooperative Behavior ; Eponyms ; Humans ; Learning

A number of Korean terminologies describing same anatomical structures have been found different between biological and medical fields. These differences can make scientific miscommunication in biomedical fields. So we investigated and analyzed the official Korean biological terminologies (2005), and compared them with Korean anatomical terminologies (2005). Of all Korean biological terminologies, 791 were founded to describe anatomical structures. And concordance rate of 791 biological terminologies with Korean anatomical terminologies was 37.4%, which is significantly lower than that of high school biology terminologies with anatomical terminology (50.3+/-2.7%). This difference in concordance rates is thought to result mainly from the fact that many Sino-Korean terminologies and eponyms are used in biological field. Above results can be served as valuable basic resources for revision and standardization of terminologies used in biomedical fields. Collaboration among anatomists, biologists, and college students is thought to be prerequisite.
Anatomists* ; Biological Science Disciplines* ; Biology ; Cooperative Behavior ; Eponyms ; Humans

College students, who major in health science, feel troubles in learning histology or embryology due to the differences between medical terminology and biological terminologies used in high school course. Moreover, the differences can cause errors in communication between patients and medical personnel. So we investigated and analyzed the terminologies used in 7 high school biology textbooks, and compared them with official histological or embryological terminologies and official biological terminologies (Korean association of biological science). The concordance rates of high school biology terms with histological or embryological terminologies were just 42.3+/-4.0% or 55.8+/-18.1%, while those with official biological terminology were significantly higher (74.0+/-3.8% or 89.5+/- 8.0%). Most notable differences between high school biology textbook terminologies and histological terminologies were found in the chapter of the urinary system. In addition, several eponyms and unofficial word spacing were noted in high school textbooks. These results can be served as valuable basic resources for revision and standardization of terminologies used in the biomedical fields. Collaboration among anatomists, biologists and high school teachers is thought be prerequisite.
Anatomists ; Biology* ; Cooperative Behavior ; Embryology* ; Eponyms ; Humans ; Learning

In 1938, Jarcho and Levin initially described shortening of the trunk, prominent occiput, broad forehead, multiple vertebral defects and ribs anomaly, short neck, increased anteroposterior chest diameter, lordosis, kyphoscoliosis. After that, Jarcho-Levin syndrome is an eponym that has been used to describe a variety of clinical phenotypes. We examined a girl who was suspected as suffering from Jarcho-Levin syndrome because she had shortening of the trunk, multiple vertebral defects and ribs anomaly, short neck, increased anteroposterior chest diameter, lordosis, kyphoscoliosis. We report a case of Jarcho-Levin syndrome with intrathoracic kidney, and review related literature.
Animals ; Eponyms ; Female ; Forehead ; Humans ; Kidney* ; Lordosis ; Neck ; Phenotype ; Ribs ; Thorax

Solitary fibrous tumor of the pleura (SFTP) is a rare primary intrathoracic tumor that arises from mesenchymal tissue underlying the mesothelial layer of the pleura. It usually has an indolent clinical course. The hypoglycemia that accompanies SFTP was first described by Doege and Potter independently in 1930, hence the eponym Doege-Potter syndrome (DPS). The incidence of DPS is reported to be ~4%. In this report, we present a typical case of DPS that was cured through complete surgical resection.
Eponyms ; Hypoglycemia* ; Incidence ; Pleura* ; Solitary Fibrous Tumor, Pleural ; Solitary Fibrous Tumors

Dr. Hulusi Behcet was born on February 20, 1889 in Istanbul. He graduated from Gulhane Military Medical Academy in 1910 and then he specialized in Dermatology and Venereal Diseases. He served in the Edirne Military Hospital between 1914-1918 and then went to Budapest and Berlin to improve his knowledge. In 1923, he started at the Istanbul Medical Faculty as an academic staff and with university reform in 1933, he was appointed as a professor to Department of Dermatology and Venereal Diseases and continued his career there until his death in 1948. Three patients whom he had consulted for years and who shared similar symptoms made him suspect a new disease and a viral etiology which may play a role in the appearance of this disease. After several discussions and publications, medical literature had accepted Behcet's Disease as a special entity. Dr. Behcet published a total of 196 articles, 53 of which were published in prestigious international journals.
Behcet's Syndrome/history* ; Eponyms ; History of Medicine, 20th Cent. ; Human ; Numismatics ; Philately ; Portraits ; Turkey

Hughes-Stovin syndrome is a rare disorder of unknown etiology. Although the association between multiple pulmonary artery aneurysms and venous thrombosis of the lower limbs was reported by Beattie and Hall in 1911, it was not until 1962 that the eponym “Hughes-Stovin syndrome” was formally introduced in the medical literature. We describe 2 patients with Hughes-Stovin syndrome who presented with pulmonary artery aneurysm, thrombophlebitis, hemoptysis, and oral ulcers, review the manifestations of the disease, and compare its similarities with and differences from Behçet disease.
Aneurysm ; Behcet Syndrome ; Eponyms ; Hemoptysis ; Humans ; Lower Extremity ; Oral Ulcer ; Pulmonary Artery ; Thrombophlebitis ; Thrombosis ; Venous Thrombosis

The multiple lentigines syndrome or LEOPARD syndrome is an autosomal dominantly inherited disorder with a variety of abnormalities and a familial occurrence. This syndrome is characterized by the presence of numerous dark brown macules on the skin but not the mucous surface, and by a marked increase in the number of lentigines from birth to puberty. The eponym LEOPARD stands for lentigines, EKG abnormalities, ocular hypertelorism, pulmonary stenosis, abnormalities of the genitalia, retardation of growth and deafness. We report a case of multiple lentigines syndrome in 7-year-old boy. He had numerous pinhead to pea sized, dark brownish macules scattered on the entire body and also had pulmonary stenosis, EKG abnormality, ocular hypertelorism and right exotropia. Interestingly, he also had a labial melanotic macule on the lower lip, which is usually spared in the multiple lentigines syndrome. Histologically, the biopsy specimen taken from the macule revealed an elongation of rete ridges, an increase of melanin pigments in the basal layer and mild inflammatory infiltrates intermingled with the melanophages in the upper dermis.
Adolescent ; Biopsy ; Child ; Deafness ; Dermis ; Electrocardiography ; Eponyms ; Exotropia ; Genitalia ; Humans ; Hypertelorism ; Lentigo ; LEOPARD Syndrome* ; Lip ; Male ; Melanins ; Panthera ; Parturition ; Peas ; Puberty ; Pulmonary Valve Stenosis ; Skin

Bacteriology ; history ; Community Health Services ; history ; Eponyms ; France ; History, 19th Century ; History, 20th Century ; Humans ; Philately ; Plague ; history ; Switzerland ; Vietnam ; Yersinia pestis