Our Dermatol Online Our Dermatol Online 2081-9390 Our Dermatology Online Poland OURD-8-112 10.7241/ourd.20171.33 Historical Article Eponyms in dermatology literature linked to Otorhinolaryngology Aqeel Ahed 1 Aboud Khalid Al 2 Harbi Ashraf Al 1 Alehibi Adnan 2 Harbi Rasha Al 2 Department of Hospital Administration, King Faisal Hospital, Makkah, Saudi-Arabia Department of Public Health, King Faisal Hospital, Makkah, Saudi-Arabia Corresponding author: Dr. Khalid Al Aboud, E-mail: amoa65@hotmail.com 2017 8 1 112 113 09112016 22112016 Copyright: © Our Dermatol Online 1 2017

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In some disorders, there are symptoms or signs shared by dermatology and ears, nose and throat (ENT) specialty. It is also known that there are eponyms in dermatology and ENT. The aim in this short communication is to shed some lights on the eponyms in dermatology literature linked to ENT.

 Dermatology Diseases Eponyms <p>In some disorders, there are symptoms or signs shared by dermatology and ears, nose and throat (ENT) specialty. It is also known that there are eponyms in dermatology and ENT.</p> <p>The aim in this short communication is to shed some lights on the eponyms in dermatology literature linked to ENT.</p> <p>However, one may note that not all the disorders with shared symptoms and signs between dermatology and ENT are familiarly known by its correct eponym. Just as example, is Schwann syndrome, which is a combination of knuckle pads, leukonychia, and sensorineural deafness. It was first reported by Jadwiga Schwann.</p> <p>Jadwiga Schwann was a dermatologist from Poland. Among her contributions to dermatology, she is credited for describing a syndrome, in German and Polish languages. This syndrome appeared latter in English literature by Robert S. Bart (Dermatologist) (<xref ref-type="fig" rid="F1">Fig. 1</xref>) and Robert E. Pumphrey (Otolaryngologist); both from USA, and so the syndrome was then known as Bart – Pumphrey syndrome. Schwann syndrome is cited in the Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man, as knuckle pads, leukonychia, and sensorineural deafness. It is characterized by knuckle pads, leukonychia, palmoplanter keratoderma (PPK) and sensorineural deafness [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="ref1">1</xref>].</p> <fig id="F1"> <label>Figure 1</label> <caption> <p>Robert S. Bart.</p> </caption> <graphic xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xlink:href="OURD-8-112-g001.tif"/> </fig> <p>In <xref ref-type="table" rid="T1">Table 1</xref> was listed selected eponymous conditions in dermatology literature linked to ENT.</p> <table-wrap id="T1"> <label>Table 1</label> <caption> <p>Selected eponymous conditions in dermatology literature linked to ENT</p> </caption> <graphic xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xlink:href="OURD-8-112-g002.tif"/> </table-wrap> <fig id="F2"> <label>Figure 2</label> <caption> <p>Lucja Frey (1889-1942).</p> </caption> <graphic xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xlink:href="OURD-8-112-g003.tif"/> </fig> <fig id="F3"> <label>Figure 3</label> <caption> <p>Wilhelm Frederick von Ludwig (1790-1865).</p> </caption> <graphic xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xlink:href="OURD-8-112-g004.tif"/> </fig> <fig id="F4"> <label>Figure 4</label> <caption> <p>James Ramsay Hunt (1872-1937).</p> </caption> <graphic xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xlink:href="OURD-8-112-g005.tif"/> </fig> </sec> </body> <back> <ref-list> <title>REFERENCES Al Aboud K Al Aboud A Eponyms in the dermatology literature linked to Poland Our Dermatol Online 2013 4 Suppl. 2 424 5 Bourgeois P Morren MA Frey’s Syndrome After Herpes Zoster Virus Infection in a 2-Year-Old Girl Pediatr Dermatol 2015 32 e184 5 O’Neill JP Condron C Curran A Walsh A Lucja Frey--historical relevance and syndrome review Surgeon 2008 6 178 81 Al Aboud K Al Aboud A Eponyms in the dermatology literature linked to the oral disorders Our Dermatol Online 2013 4 247 50 Wagner G Klinge H Sachse MM Ramsay Hunt syndrome J Dtsch Dermatol Ges 2012 10 238 44 Chodkiewicz HM Cohen PR Robinson FW Rae ML Ramsay Hunt syndrome revisited Cutis 2013 91 181 4 Louis ED Williams M A biography of James Ramsay Hunt (1874-1937) J Hist Neurosci 2003 12 266 75

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