Our Dermatol Online Our Dermatol Online 2081-9390 Our Dermatology Online Poland OURD-8-366 10.7241/ourd.20173.107 Historical Article Eponyms of medical conditions linked to Eosinophils; a tabulation overview Al-Aboud Nora Mohammed College of Applied Sciences, Umm Al-Qura University, Makkah, Saudi Arabia Corresponding author: Dr. Nora Mohammed Al-Aboud, E-mail: amoa65@hotmail.com 2017 8 3 366 368 11022016 02042016 Copyright: © Our Dermatol Online 3 2017

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 <p>Eosinophils are multifunctional granular leukocytes. They are one of the immune system components responsible for combating multicellular parasites and certain infections. Eosinophils are implicated in the pathogenesis of a wide variety of disorders, including asthma, helminth infection, and rare hypereosinophilic syndromes [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="ref1">1</xref>].</p> <p>In <xref ref-type="table" rid="T1">Table 1</xref>; We listed selected eponymous medical conditions linked to Eosinophils.</p> <table-wrap id="T1"> <label>Table 1</label> <caption> <p>Selected eponymous medical conditions linked to Eosinophils</p> </caption> <graphic xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xlink:href="OURD-8-366-g001.tif"/> </table-wrap> <fig id="F1"> <label>Figure 1</label> <caption> <p>Friedrich Albert von Zenker (1825-1898).</p> </caption> <graphic xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xlink:href="OURD-8-366-g002.tif"/> </fig> <fig id="F2"> <label>Figure 2</label> <caption> <p>Charles-Philippe Robin (1821-1885).</p> </caption> <graphic xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xlink:href="OURD-8-366-g003.tif"/> </fig> <fig id="F3"> <label>Figure 3</label> <caption> <p>Jean-Martin Charcot (1825-1893).</p> </caption> <graphic xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xlink:href="OURD-8-366-g004.tif"/> </fig> <fig id="F4"> <label>Figure 4</label> <caption> <p>Ernst Viktor von Leyden (1832-1910).</p> </caption> <graphic xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xlink:href="OURD-8-366-g005.tif"/> </fig> <fig id="F5"> <label>Figure 5</label> <caption> <p>Jacob Churg (1910-2005).</p> </caption> <graphic xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xlink:href="OURD-8-366-g006.tif"/> </fig> <fig id="F6"> <label>Figure 6</label> <caption> <p>Lotte Stauss (1913-1985).</p> </caption> <graphic xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xlink:href="OURD-8-366-g007.tif"/> </fig> <fig id="F7"> <label>Figure 7</label> <caption> <p>Wilhelm Löffler (1887-1972).</p> </caption> <graphic xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xlink:href="OURD-8-366-g008.tif"/> </fig> <fig id="F8"> <label>Figure 8</label> <caption> <p>Lawrence E. Shulman (1919-2009).</p> </caption> <graphic xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xlink:href="OURD-8-366-g009.tif"/> </fig> <fig id="F9"> <label>Figure 9</label> <caption> <p>George Crichton Wells (1914-1999).</p> </caption> <graphic xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xlink:href="OURD-8-366-g010.tif"/> </fig> </sec> </body> <back> <ref-list> <title>REFERENCES Khoury P Grayson PC Klion AD Eosinophils in vasculitis:characteristics and roles in pathogenesis Nat Rev Rheumatol 2014 10 474 83 Khrizman P Altman JK Mohtashamian A Peterson L Chen YH Tallman MS Charcot-Leyden crystals associated with acute myeloid leukemia:case report and literature review Leuk Res 2010 34 e336 8 Barkhoudarian G Laws ER Craniopharyngioma:history Pituitary 2013 16 1 8 Grishman E The man behind the eponym Dr. Jacob Churg. Am J Dermatopathol 1986 8 358 9 Persson UN Hansen BU Odeberg H [Jacob Churg and Lotte Strauss. They were brought together by a mutual destiny] Lakartidningen 1995 92 1797 8 Portmann ML [Wilhelm Löffler (1887-1972) as a medical historian] Gesnerus 1979 36 63 73 Ekin S Sertogullarindan B Gunbatar H Arisoy A Yildiz H Loeffler’s syndrome:an interesting case report Clin Respir J 2016 10 112 4 Lebeaux D Sène D Eosinophilic fasciitis (Shulman disease) Best Pract Res Clin Rheumatol 2012 26 449 58 Hahn BH Lockshin MD Lawrence E Shulman, MD, PhD, 1919-2009 Arthr Rheumat 2010 62 311 Al Aboud K Al Aboud A Eponyms in the dermatology literature linked to United Kingdom Our Dermatol Online 2013 4 Suppl. 2 417 9

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