| Eponyms in category: Paralysis |
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| Albert Mouchet's syndrome (Mouchet's paralysis) |
| A historical term for a paralysis of the cubital nerve following fractures of the external condyle of the humerus in childhood. |
| Albright-Hadorn syndrome |
| A now obsolete eponym used to indicate the occurrence of paroxysmal hypokalemic muscular paralysis associated with osteomalacia in patients with renal tubular acidosis. |
| Balint's syndrome |
| A syndrome combining paralysis of visual fixation, optic ataxia, and impairment of visual fixation. |
| Balint-Holmes syndrome (Balint's syndrome) |
| A syndrome combining paralysis of visual fixation, optic ataxia, and impairment of visual fixation. |
| Beck's syndrome (Davison's hemianaesthetic hemiplegia) |
| Quadriplegia caused by occlusion of the anterior segment of the spinal artery.
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| Bednar-Parrot disease (Wegner's disease) |
| Pseudoparalysis due to separation of orthochondritic epiphyses occurring in infants with congenital syphilis. |
| Bednar-Parrot syndrome (Wegner's disease) |
| Pseudoparalysis due to separation of orthochondritic epiphyses occurring in infants with congenital syphilis. |
| Bell's palsy (Bell's paralysis) |
| Peripheral, usually unilateral, idiopathic paralysis of facial muscles. |
| Bell's paralysis |
| Peripheral, usually unilateral, idiopathic paralysis of facial muscles. |
| Bell's phenomenon |
| When a patient with peripheral facial paralysis attempts to close the eye, there is an upward movement of the eye and the eyelid on the paralysed side of the face remains open.
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| Bell's syndrome (Bell's paralysis) |
| Peripheral, usually unilateral, idiopathic paralysis of facial muscles. |
| Bertolotti-Garcin syndrome (Guillain-Alajouanine-Garcin syndrome) |
| A rare syndrome of unilateral paralysis of all or nearly all cranial nerves in tumours of the nasopharynx and base of the skull without affecting the brain itself. |
| Bielschowsky's squint |
| Upward movement and inward rotation of the squinting eye as a sign of trochlearis paresis.
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| Cavaré-Romberg syndrome (Westphal's syndrome) |
| A familial form of intermittent hypocalcaemic paralysis. |
| Cavaré-Romberg-Westphal syndrome (Westphal's syndrome) |
| A familial form of intermittent hypocalcaemic paralysis. |
| Cavaré-Westphal syndrome (Westphal's syndrome) |
| A familial form of intermittent hypocalcaemic paralysis. |
| Cestan's syndrome (Raymon-Céstan syndrome) |
| Tumour of the cerebral peduncles causing speech disorders, paralysis of lateral conjugate gaze, etc. |
| Crichton-Browne's sign |
| Twitching of the outer margins of the eyes and lips. An early sign of general paralysis in lunatics.
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| Davison's hemianaesthetic hemiplegia |
| Quadriplegia caused by occlusion of the anterior segment of the spinal artery.
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| Dennie-Marfan syndrome |
| Spastic paraplegia of the lower extremities and mental retardation in children with congenital syphilis. |
| Duchenne's syndrome |
| Nuclear amyotrophy resulting in chronic bulbar paralysis, which may represent early manifestations of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. |
| Duchenne-Erb paralysis |
| A disturbance caused by nerve lesion of plexus brachialis during birth, manifested as flaccid paralysis of a group of muscles of shoulder and upper arm involving cervical roots of 4th, 5th, and 6th cervical nerves. |
| Duchenne-Erb syndrome (Duchenne-Erb paralysis) |
| A disturbance caused by nerve lesion of plexus brachialis during birth, manifested as flaccid paralysis of a group of muscles of shoulder and upper arm involving cervical roots of 4th, 5th, and 6th cervical nerves. |
| Duchenne’s paralysis (Duchenne's syndrome) |
| Nuclear amyotrophy resulting in chronic bulbar paralysis, which may represent early manifestations of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. |
| Ehret's paralysis (Ehret's syndrome) |
| Compensating for pain by assuming the least painful posture, resulting in muscle contractures and muscular atrophy. |
| Ehret's syndrome |
| Compensating for pain by assuming the least painful posture, resulting in muscle contractures and muscular atrophy. |
| Erb-Duchenne paralysis (Duchenne-Erb paralysis) |
| A disturbance caused by nerve lesion of plexus brachialis during birth, manifested as flaccid paralysis of a group of muscles of shoulder and upper arm involving cervical roots of 4th, 5th, and 6th cervical nerves. |
| Erb-Duchenne syndrome (Duchenne-Erb paralysis) |
| A disturbance caused by nerve lesion of plexus brachialis during birth, manifested as flaccid paralysis of a group of muscles of shoulder and upper arm involving cervical roots of 4th, 5th, and 6th cervical nerves. |
| Erb’s palsy (Duchenne-Erb paralysis) |
| A disturbance caused by nerve lesion of plexus brachialis during birth, manifested as flaccid paralysis of a group of muscles of shoulder and upper arm involving cervical roots of 4th, 5th, and 6th cervical nerves. |
| Fallopian neuritis (Bell's paralysis) |
| Peripheral, usually unilateral, idiopathic paralysis of facial muscles. |
| Fazio-Londe paralysis (juvenile form) (Duchenne's syndrome) |
| Nuclear amyotrophy resulting in chronic bulbar paralysis, which may represent early manifestations of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. |
| Foville's paresis |
| Condition characterized by conjugate ocular paralysis of the sixth and seventh cranial nerves, with hemiplegia on the opposite side. |
| Foville's peduncular syndrome (Foville's paresis) |
| Condition characterized by conjugate ocular paralysis of the sixth and seventh cranial nerves, with hemiplegia on the opposite side. |
| Foville’s paralysis (Foville's paresis) |
| Condition characterized by conjugate ocular paralysis of the sixth and seventh cranial nerves, with hemiplegia on the opposite side. |
| Foville’s syndrome I (Foville's paresis) |
| Condition characterized by conjugate ocular paralysis of the sixth and seventh cranial nerves, with hemiplegia on the opposite side. |
| Garcin's syndrome (Guillain-Alajouanine-Garcin syndrome) |
| A rare syndrome of unilateral paralysis of all or nearly all cranial nerves in tumours of the nasopharynx and base of the skull without affecting the brain itself. |
| Garcin-Guillain syndrome (Guillain-Alajouanine-Garcin syndrome) |
| A rare syndrome of unilateral paralysis of all or nearly all cranial nerves in tumours of the nasopharynx and base of the skull without affecting the brain itself. |
| Gerhardt's syndrome |
| Bilateral adductor paralysis of the larynx. |
| Gubler's tumour |
| A fusiform swelling on the wrist in lead poisoning paralysis. |
| Guillain-Alajouanine-Garcin syndrome |
| A rare syndrome of unilateral paralysis of all or nearly all cranial nerves in tumours of the nasopharynx and base of the skull without affecting the brain itself. |
| Hartmann’s syndrome (Friedrich Hartmann) (Guillain-Alajouanine-Garcin syndrome) |
| A rare syndrome of unilateral paralysis of all or nearly all cranial nerves in tumours of the nasopharynx and base of the skull without affecting the brain itself. |
| Heine-Medin disease |
| An acute viral affection caused by any of three polioviruses (RNA/enterovirus of the picornavirus family). |
| Hunt's corpus striatum-juvenile parkinsonism syndrome (Ramsay Hunt's paralysis) |
| A disturbance with symptoms resembling those of the adult form of parkinsonism, but less intense than in Parkinson’s disease. |
| Hunt's syndrome II (Ramsay Hunt's paralysis) |
| A disturbance with symptoms resembling those of the adult form of parkinsonism, but less intense than in Parkinson’s disease. |
| Hunt’s paralysis (Ramsay Hunt's paralysis) |
| A disturbance with symptoms resembling those of the adult form of parkinsonism, but less intense than in Parkinson’s disease. |
| Lasègue's syndrome II |
| A disturbance in conversion hysteria marked by hysterical anaesthesia with neuromuscular paralysis of an extremity when the eyes are closed. |
| Leyden's oculomotor alternating paralysis (Weber's paralysis) |
| Partial or complete oculomotor paralysis and contralateral hemiplegia. |
| Leyden's paralysis I (Weber's paralysis) |
| Partial or complete oculomotor paralysis and contralateral hemiplegia. |
| Leyden's syndrome (Weber's paralysis) |
| Partial or complete oculomotor paralysis and contralateral hemiplegia. |
| Leyden-Moebius dystrophy (Leyden-Möbius syndrome) |
| A musculare dystrophy involving first either the pelvic (Leyden-Möbius) or, less commonly, the shoulder girdle (Erb’s type). |
| Leyden-Möbius syndrome |
| A musculare dystrophy involving first either the pelvic (Leyden-Möbius) or, less commonly, the shoulder girdle (Erb’s type). |
| Lhermitte's syndrome |
| A rare syndrome of ocular palsy with nystagmus and paralysis of adduction during attempted lateral deviation of the eyes. |
| Londe’s syndrome (juvenile form) (Duchenne's syndrome) |
| Nuclear amyotrophy resulting in chronic bulbar paralysis, which may represent early manifestations of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. |
| Marfan’s syndrome 2 (Dennie-Marfan syndrome) |
| Spastic paraplegia of the lower extremities and mental retardation in children with congenital syphilis. |
| Marie-Strümpell encephalitis |
| Acute infantile hemiplegia. |
| Minor's disease |
| A syndrome characterized by haemorrhage into the spinal cord and sudden onset of back pain with paraparesis or paraplegia. |
| Minor-Oppenheim syndrome |
| An obsolete term for paralysis and anaesthesia following a problematic delivery course. |
| Minor’s syndrome (Minor-Oppenheim syndrome) |
| An obsolete term for paralysis and anaesthesia following a problematic delivery course. |
| Mona Lisa syndrome |
| Facial muscle contracture that develops after Bell’s palsy when the facial nerves has undergone partial wallerian degeneration and has regenerated. |
| Mouchet's paralysis |
| A historical term for a paralysis of the cubital nerve following fractures of the external condyle of the humerus in childhood. |
| Möbius anomalad (Möbius' syndrome II) |
| A very rare syndrome characterized by congenital palsy of the external rectus and facial muscles, usually bilateral, associated with paralysis of the sixth and seventh nerves. |
| Möbius' syndrome I |
| A neurological disorder, characterized by paralysis of the oculomotor nerve accompanied with periodic migraine. |
| Möbius' syndrome II |
| A very rare syndrome characterized by congenital palsy of the external rectus and facial muscles, usually bilateral, associated with paralysis of the sixth and seventh nerves. |
| Möbius’ disease (Möbius' syndrome I) |
| A neurological disorder, characterized by paralysis of the oculomotor nerve accompanied with periodic migraine. |
| Paralysie d'Albert Mouchet (French) (Mouchet's paralysis) |
| A historical term for a paralysis of the cubital nerve following fractures of the external condyle of the humerus in childhood. |
| Parrot’s disease (Wegner's disease) |
| Pseudoparalysis due to separation of orthochondritic epiphyses occurring in infants with congenital syphilis. |
| Parrot’s paralysis (Wegner's disease) |
| Pseudoparalysis due to separation of orthochondritic epiphyses occurring in infants with congenital syphilis. |
| Parrot’s pseudoparalysis (Wegner's disease) |
| Pseudoparalysis due to separation of orthochondritic epiphyses occurring in infants with congenital syphilis. |
| Parrot’s syphilitic osteochondritis (Wegner's disease) |
| Pseudoparalysis due to separation of orthochondritic epiphyses occurring in infants with congenital syphilis. |
| Pott's paraplegia |
| Paraplegia caused by spinal cord compression and abscesses in tuberculous spondylitis (Pott disease). |
| Pott’s syndrome III (Pott's paraplegia) |
| Paraplegia caused by spinal cord compression and abscesses in tuberculous spondylitis (Pott disease). |
| Ramsay Hunt's paralysis |
| A disturbance with symptoms resembling those of the adult form of parkinsonism, but less intense than in Parkinson’s disease. |
| Raymon-Céstan syndrome |
| Tumour of the cerebral peduncles causing speech disorders, paralysis of lateral conjugate gaze, etc. |
| Raymond's syndrome (Raymon-Céstan syndrome) |
| Tumour of the cerebral peduncles causing speech disorders, paralysis of lateral conjugate gaze, etc. |
| Schmincke tumor-unilateral cranial paralysis syndrome (Guillain-Alajouanine-Garcin syndrome) |
| A rare syndrome of unilateral paralysis of all or nearly all cranial nerves in tumours of the nasopharynx and base of the skull without affecting the brain itself. |
| Spatz-Stiefler reaction |
| A test for a fast anatomical diagnosis of progressive paralysis. |
| Stoke's law |
| A muscle lying above an inflamed serous or mucous membrane may be paralysed.
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| Strümpell's disease I |
| The cerebral form of poliomyelitis.
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| Strümpell's familial paraplegia (Strümpell-Lorrain disease) |
| A familial form of paraplegia characterized by spasticity – hypertonicity and weakness - limited mainly to the lower extremities. |
| Strümpell-Lorrain disease |
| A familial form of paraplegia characterized by spasticity – hypertonicity and weakness - limited mainly to the lower extremities. |
| Strümpell-Lorrain familial spasmodic paraplegia (Strümpell-Lorrain disease) |
| A familial form of paraplegia characterized by spasticity – hypertonicity and weakness - limited mainly to the lower extremities. |
| Strümpell-Lorrain type (Strümpell-Lorrain disease) |
| A familial form of paraplegia characterized by spasticity – hypertonicity and weakness - limited mainly to the lower extremities. |
| Villaret's syndrome |
| A syndrome of ipsilateral paralysis of the ninth, tenth, eleventh, twelfth, and sometimes the seventh cranial nerves and the cervical sympathetic fibers. |
| Volkmann's ischemic paralysis (Richard von Volkmann) |
| Paralysis seen in Volkmann's contracture. |
| von Leyden’s syndrome (Weber's paralysis) |
| Partial or complete oculomotor paralysis and contralateral hemiplegia. |
| Weber's paralysis |
| Partial or complete oculomotor paralysis and contralateral hemiplegia. |
| Weber's symptom (Weber's paralysis) |
| Partial or complete oculomotor paralysis and contralateral hemiplegia. |
| Weber's syndrome (Weber's paralysis) |
| Partial or complete oculomotor paralysis and contralateral hemiplegia. |
| Weber-Gubler syndrome (Weber's paralysis) |
| Partial or complete oculomotor paralysis and contralateral hemiplegia. |
| Weber-Leyden syndrome (Weber's paralysis) |
| Partial or complete oculomotor paralysis and contralateral hemiplegia. |
| Weber-von Leyden syndrome (Weber's paralysis) |
| Partial or complete oculomotor paralysis and contralateral hemiplegia. |
| Wegner's disease |
| Pseudoparalysis due to separation of orthochondritic epiphyses occurring in infants with congenital syphilis. |
| Wegner’s osteochondritis (Wegner's disease) |
| Pseudoparalysis due to separation of orthochondritic epiphyses occurring in infants with congenital syphilis. |
| Westphal's syndrome |
| A familial form of intermittent hypocalcaemic paralysis. |
| Westphal’s disease (Westphal's syndrome) |
| A familial form of intermittent hypocalcaemic paralysis. |
| Westphal’s neurosis (Westphal's syndrome) |
| A familial form of intermittent hypocalcaemic paralysis. |
| Willige-Hunt syndrome (Ramsay Hunt's paralysis) |
| A disturbance with symptoms resembling those of the adult form of parkinsonism, but less intense than in Parkinson’s disease. |
| Zenker's paralysis |
| Peroneal nerve palsy. |
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