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Jan Gösta Waldenström
Swedish internist, 1906-1996.
Associated eponyms:
Heerfordt's disease or syndrome
A peculiar course of sarcoidosis with enlargement of the parotid glands, mild fever, and uveitis, and facial nerve palsy.
Waldenström's disease
An acute form of thyrotoxicosis with muscular and cerebral complications, usually seen in elderly patients, and suspected of being due to iodine deficiency.
Waldenström's hepatitis
A chronic liver disease characterized by moderate jaundice, intermittent bilirubinaemia, ascites, and amenorrhea.
Waldenström's hyperglobulinaemia
An autoimmune, chronic blood disease marked by relapsing, nonthrombocytopenic purpuric eruptions over the lower limbs.
Waldenström's macroglobulinaemia
A progressive immunoproliferative disease.
Waldenström's syndrome
A hereditary disorder characterized by abdominal pain associated with distension, constipation, and vomiting, leading to weight loss and severe emaciation.
Waldenström's test
A test for porphyrine in the urine.
Waldenström's uveoparotitis
A disorder related to Heerfordt's syndrome characterized by bilateral iritis and parotitis.
Biography:
Jan Gösta Waldenström was the son of Johann Henning Waldenström (1877-1972), professor of orthopaedic surgery in Stockholm, and the grandson of Johan Anton Waldenström (1839-1879), professor of internal medicine in Uppsala.
Waldenström had a brilliant career. Already in 1941 he became professor of theoretical medicine at Uppsala University, where he took full advantage of an intense scientific environment. In 1944 he became professor of internal medicine at Lund University as well as chief physician and head of the Department of Medicine in Malmö, where he was to remain until his retirement in 1972.
Waldenström was considered one of the finest clinicians in his time and conducted important research. He was one of the first to identify and correctly classify the various forms of porphyria.
We thank Anders Hernborg, Sweden, for information submitted.
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