Dressler's syndrome
Alternative eponyms
- Harley’s syndrome
Synonyms
Intermittent haemoglobinuria, paroxysmal cold haemoglobinuria, periodic haemoglobinuria.
Related people
Intermittent haemoglobinuria observed in haemolytic disorders.
Description
Intermittent haemoglobinuria observed in haemolytic disorders. In some patients frequent episodes induced by minor cold exposure; in others, rare attacks induced by exposure to very low temperature. Both sexes affected; onset at all ages.
Some authors have Donath-Landsteiner syndrome as a synonym for this disease. Donath-Landsteiner has been entered here as a separate entity, under Julius Donath, Austrian internist, 1870-1950.
Bibliography
- L. A. Dressler:
Ein Fall von intermittirender Albuminurie und Chromaturie.
[Virchow’s] Archiv für pathologische Anatomie und Physiologie und für klinische Medicin, 1854, 6: 264-266. - G. Harley:
On intermittent haematuria; with remarks upon its pathology and treatment.
Medico-Chirurgical Transactions, London, 1865, 48: 161-173. - John Wickham Legg (1843-1921):
On paroxysmal haematuria.
Saint Bartholomew’s Hospital Reports, London, 1874, 10: 71.
Legg introduced the term paroxysmal haematuria. - C. Rospide, C. Centurion:
[Dressler's syndrome] Article in Spanish.
Prensa medica Argentina, Buenos Aires, June 26, 1970, 57 (17): 800-803.
