Our Dermatol Online Our Dermatol Online 2081-9390 Our Dermatology Online Poland OURD-9-108 10.7241/ourd.20181.37 Historical Article Eponyms in dermatology literature linked to fibromatoses Aboud Ahmad Khalid Al King Saud bin Abdulaziz University For Health Sciences, Jeddah, Saudi-Arabia Corresponding author: Dr. Ahmad Khalid Al Aboud, E-mail: amoa65@hotmail.com 2018 9 1 108 109 30092017 25112017 Copyright: © Our Dermatol Online 1 2018

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Fibromatoses comprise a broad group of benign fibroblastic proliferations of similar microscopic appearance. These conditions might be seen in the dermatology practice. Some of the fibromatoses conditions are best known eponymously. The aim in this short communication is to shed some lights on the eponyms in dermatology literature linked to fibromatoses.

 Dermatology Diseases Fibromatoses Eponyms <p>Fibromatoses comprise a broad group of benign fibroblastic proliferations of similar microscopic appearance whose biologic behavior is intermediate between that of benign fibroblastic lesions and fibrosarcoma [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="ref1">1</xref>].</p> <p>The fibromatoses can be divided into two major groups with several subdivisions. These 2 groups are; superficial (fascial) fibromatoses and deep (musculoaponeurotic) fibromatoses. The biologic behavior is more aggressive in the latter group [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="ref1">1</xref>].</p> <p>Some conditions of fibromatoses not usually seen by dermatologists like retroperitoneal fibrosis, a disease characterized by sclerotic tissue in the periaortic or periiliac retroperitoneum that encases adjacent structures. The most common symptoms of the disorder include abdominal or flank pain, weight loss, fatigue, and urinary frequency.</p> <p>But, it may present with kidney failure, hypertension, deep vein thrombosis, and other obstructive symptoms. It is, also named Ormond’s disease, after John Kelso Ormond (1886-1978), (<xref ref-type="fig" rid="F1">Fig. 1</xref>), an American urologist who rediscovered the condition in 1948 [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="ref2">2</xref>].</p> <fig id="F1"> <label>Figure 1</label> <caption> <p>John Kelso Ormond (1886-1978).</p> </caption> <graphic xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xlink:href="OURD-9-108-g001.tif"/> </fig> <fig id="F2"> <label>Figure 2</label> <caption> <p>Baron Guillaume Dupuytren (1777-1835).</p> </caption> <graphic xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xlink:href="OURD-9-108-g002.tif"/> </fig> <fig id="F3"> <label>Figure 3</label> <caption> <p>Georg Ledderhose (1855-1925).</p> </caption> <graphic xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xlink:href="OURD-9-108-g003.tif"/> </fig> <fig id="F4"> <label>Figure 4</label> <caption> <p>François Gigot de La Peyronie (1678-1747).</p> </caption> <graphic xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xlink:href="OURD-9-108-g004.tif"/> </fig> <p>It is not uncommon to encounter cases of fibromatoses, in dermatology practice. Some of the fibromatoses conditions are best known eponymously.</p> <p>The aim in this short communication is to shed some lights on the eponyms in dermatology literature linked to fibromatoses.</p> <p>In <xref ref-type="table" rid="T1">table 1</xref> We listed selected eponymous conditions in dermatology literature linked to fibromatoses.</p> <table-wrap id="T1"> <label>Table 1</label> <caption> <p>Selected eponymous conditions in dermatology literature linked to fibromatoses</p> </caption> <graphic xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xlink:href="OURD-9-108-g005.tif"/> </table-wrap> </sec> </body> <back> <ref-list> <title>REFERENCES Weiss SW Goldblum JR Fibromatoses Enzinger and Weiss's soft tissue tumors 2008 5th ed St Louis Mosby 237 56 Khosroshahi A Carruthers MN Stone JH Shinagare S Sainani N Hasserjian RP Rethinking Ormond's disease:“idiopathic” retroperitoneal fibrosis in the era of IgG4-related disease Medicine (Baltimore) 2013 92 82 91 Glicenstein J [Dupuytren's disease – the story of an eponym] Chir Main 2012 31 107 12 Bumbasirević MZ Palibrk T Lesić AR Durasić LM [Baron Gijom Dipitren, Guillaume Dupuytren (1777-1835)] Acta Chir Iugosl 2011 58 15 9 Alzahrani FD Khogair H Al Aboud K Althebyani A Althebyani A Eponyms in dermatology literature linked to general surgery SMU Med J 2017 4 30 6 Omor Y Dhaene B Grijseels S Alard S Ledderhose Disease:Clinical, Radiological (Ultrasound and MRI), and Anatomopathological Findings Case Rep Orthop 2015 2015 741461 Veith NT Tschernig T Histing T Madry H Plantar fibromatosis- topical review Foot Ankle Int 2013 34 1742 6 Al Aboud K Al Aboud D Munshi S Halawi AA Eponyms in andrology Basic Clin Androl 2014 24 7

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