A MINI-REVIEW ON EPONYMS IN THE DERMATOLOGY LITERATURE LINKED TO FRANCE
Ahmad Al Aboud1, Khalid Al Aboud2
Corresponding author: Dr. Khalid Al Aboud e-mail: amoa65@hotmail.com
Cite this article: Al Aboud A, Al Aboud K. A mini-review on eponyms in the dermatology literature linked to France. Our Dermatol Online. 2013; 4(Suppl. 2): 440-443.
 Figure 1. Picture of Liliane Schnitzler who was the first women to be made a Professor in dermatology, in France, and head of department at the age of 31.
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Eponyms in the dermatology
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Acrodermatitis continua of
Hallopeau [2] |
It an uncommon variant of pustular psoriasis first described by Hallopeau in 1890. François Henri Hallopeau (1842-1919), (Fig. 2), was a French dermatologist Other condition named after him is Recessive dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa (also known as „Hallopeau–Siemens variant of epidermolysis bullosa”). Hermann Werner Siemens (1891-1969) was a German dermatologist.
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Confluent and reticulated
papillomatosis of Gougerot and Carteaud [3] |
Also known as Confluent and reticulated papillomatosis. Named for, 2 French physicians; Henri Gougerot (1881-1955), (Fig. 3), and Alexandre Carteaud (born 1897), Who originally described the condition in 1927.
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Darier disease [4]
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Also known as Darier disease, Darier–White disease, Dyskeratosis follicularis and Keratosis follicularis. It is an autosomal dominant disorder discovered by Ferdinand-Jean Darier (856- 1938), (Fig. 4), who was a French physician, pathologist and dermatologist called the „father of modern dermatology in France”.
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Degos disease [5]
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Robert Degos (1904–1987), (Fig. 5), was a French dermatologist who described several dermatoses including Degos disease (also called malignant atrophic papulosis) which is an extremely rare vasculopathy which results in tissue infarction.
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| Erythema induratum of Bazin [6] |
In 1861, Bazin gave the name erythema induratum to a nodular eruption that occurred on the lower legs of young women with tuberculosis. Erythema induratum/nodular vasculitis complex is classified into 2 variants: erythema induratum of Bazin type and nodular vasculitis or erythema induratum of Whitfield type. The Bazin type is related with tuberculous origin, but Whitfield type is not. Ernest Bazin (1894-1964), (Fig. 6), was a French physician.
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| Favre–Racouchot syndrome [7] |
It is a disorder consisting of multiple open and closed comedones in the presence of actinically damaged skin. It is named after the French dermatologist Maurice Favre (1876-1954) and his pupil Jean Racouchot (1908-1994). |
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| Fournier’s gangrene [8] |
Fulminating infection of the scrotum leading to gangrene and commonly associated with diabetes. It is a type of necrotizing infection or gangrene usually affecting the perineum. It was first described by Baurienne in 1764 and is named after, Jean Alfred Fournier (1832-1914), French dermatologist (Fig. 7).
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| Griscelli syndrome (GS) [9] |
It is a rare autosomal recessive disorder characterized by albinism (hypopigmentation) with immunodeficiency, that usually causes death by early childhood. It is caused by mutations in either the myosin VA (GS1), RAB27A (GS2) or melanophilin (GS3) genes. The three GS subtypes are commonly characterized by pigment dilution of the skin and hair, due to defects involving melanosome transport in melanocytes. It is named after Claude Griscelli, (Fig.8), born in 1936, professor of pediatry at Hôpital des Enfants-Malades in Paris.
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| Huriez syndrome [10] |
Palmoplantar keratoderma with scleroatrophy. Named for French dermatologist, Claude Huriez (1907-1984), (Fig. 9). In 1960s, Huriez and his colleagues reported 2 families from northern France with, this syndrome, which is characterized by scleroatrophy of the hands and feet, nail hypoplasia, mild palmoplantar keratoderma and hypohidrosis.
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| Jacquet dermatitis [11] |
It is another name for erosive form of irritant napkin dermatitis. The first true description of diaper dermatitis was made by Jacquet in 1905. |
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| Laugier-Hunziker syndrome (LHS) [12] |
LHS is a rare acquired disorder characterized by diffuse macular hyperpigmentation ofthe oral mucosa and, at times, longitudinal melanonychia. Laugier-Hunziker syndromewas first described in 1970 by Laugier (from France) and Hunziker (from Switzerland). |
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| Papillon – Lefèvre syndrome [10] |
An autosomal recessive disorder characterized by diffuse, transgredient PPK in association with destructive periodontitis (beginning in childhood) and premature loss of teeth. It is named for 2 French dermatologists. Papillon and Paul Lefèvre, who described it in 1924. |
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| Pautrier microabscess [13] |
An intraepidermal collections of malignant lymphocytes, seen in cutaneous cell lymphoma. It is named after Lucien-Marie Pautrier, although he did not first describe them. Lucien-Marie Pautrier (1876-1959), (Fig. 10), was a French dermatologist, who headed a leading department at the medical school of Strasbourg.
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| Pigmented purpuric lichenoid dermatitis of Gougerot-Blum [14] |
It is a type of pigmented purpura. It was characterized in 1925 by 2 French dermatologists; Paul Blum (1878-1933) and Henri Gougerot (1881-1955). |
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| Poikiloderma of Civatte [15,16] |
It refers to erythema associated with a mottled pigmentation seen on the sides of the neck more commonly in women. Civatte first described the condition in 1923. Achille Civatte
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| Sabouraud agar [17,18] |
It is a type of agar containing peptones. It is used to cultivate dermatophytes and other types of fungi. It was created by, and is named after, Raymond Sabouraud in 1892. Raymond Sabouraud (1864–1938), (Fig. 12), was a French physician born in Nantes. He specialized in dermatology and mycology, and was also an accomplished painter and sculptor.
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| Sézary syndrome [13] |
In a series of papers from 1938 to 1949, Albert Sézary (1880-1956), (Fig. 13), a French dermatologist and syphilologist, described erythroderma with cellules monstrueuses (monster cells) in the skin and blood, which is now known as Sézary syndrome or Sézary disease.
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| Tzanck test [19,20] |
In dermatopathology, the Tzanck test, also Tzanck smear, is scraping of an ulcer base to look for Tzanck cells. It is sometimes also called the Chickenpox skin test and the herpes skin test. It is named after Arnault Tzanck (1886–1954), (Fig. 14), a French dermatologist.
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| Woringer-Kolopp disease [13] |
Pagetoid reticulosis (PR) is a rare form of cutaneous T-cell lymphoma. Two variants of the disease are described: the localized type Woringer-Kolopp disease (WKD) and the disseminated type Ketron-Goodman disease (KGD). KGD is named after Lloyd W. Ketron and M.H. Goodman.The term PR has been introduced by Braun-Falco et al. in 1973 to identify this clinical entity, first described by Woringer and Kolopp in 1939, for the resemblance of infiltrating cells characterizing this condition with Paget’s cells present in the epidermotropic infiltrate of mammary Paget’s disease. Pierre Kolopp was French physician and Frederic Woringer (1903-1964), (Fig. 15), was one of Pautrier’s students, who had been in charge of the Laboratoire d’Histopathologie Cutanée in Strasbourg from 1930 until his death.
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Table I. Selected Eponyms in the dermatology literature linked to France
Acknowledgment
The authors wish to express sincere thanks to Daniel R Wallach, MD, Department of Dermatology of the NB Hopital Tarnier in Paris, France, and Pascale Barre; responsible for Dermaweb, Laboratoires Pierre Fabre, for their assistance in obtaining Figure 1 in this manuscript.
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