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 Eponyms in category: Hands and arms
 29 main and alternative entries found.
 
Akroosteolyse Typ Marie-Léri (German) (Marie-Léri syndrome)
A syndrome of peculiar hand deformity caused by osteolysis of the articular surfaces of the fingers.
Athlete's foot
A Fungus infection of the foot.
De Quervain's disease
Chronic tenosynovitis due to a narrowing process in the tendon sheaths around abductor policis longus and extensor pollicis brevis muscles.
de Quervain's syndrome (De Quervain's disease)
Chronic tenosynovitis due to a narrowing process in the tendon sheaths around abductor policis longus and extensor pollicis brevis muscles.
de Quervain's tendinitis (De Quervain's disease)
Chronic tenosynovitis due to a narrowing process in the tendon sheaths around abductor policis longus and extensor pollicis brevis muscles.
Dupuytren's contracture
Contracture of palmar fascia causing the ring and little fingers to bend into the palm so that they cannot be extended.
Gerhardt’s disease (Mitchell's syndrome I)
An idiopathic paroxysmal vasodilation of peripheral vasculature marked by sudden onset of burning pain in the hands and feet, diminution of temperature sense, and occasional glossalgia and feeding difficulty.
Gerhardt’s syndrome (Mitchell's syndrome I)
An idiopathic paroxysmal vasodilation of peripheral vasculature marked by sudden onset of burning pain in the hands and feet, diminution of temperature sense, and occasional glossalgia and feeding difficulty.
Gorlin's syndrome (Papillon-Léage and Psaume syndrome)
A congenital syndrome characterised by orofacial and digital defects.
Gorlin-Psaume syndrome (Papillon-Léage and Psaume syndrome)
A congenital syndrome characterised by orofacial and digital defects.
Iso-Kikuchi syndrome
A hand abnormality.
Lamy-Bienefeld syndrome (Léri-Weill syndrome)
A skeletal dysplasia combining dorsal subluxation of the distal end of the ulna (Madelung deformity) with mesomelic short stature.
Léri's sign
A pyramidal sign, or joint reflex seen in spastic hemiplegia.
Léri-Weill mesomelic dwarfism (Léri-Weill syndrome)
A skeletal dysplasia combining dorsal subluxation of the distal end of the ulna (Madelung deformity) with mesomelic short stature.
Léri-Weill syndrome
A skeletal dysplasia combining dorsal subluxation of the distal end of the ulna (Madelung deformity) with mesomelic short stature.
Léri’s phenomenon (Léri's sign)
A pyramidal sign, or joint reflex seen in spastic hemiplegia.
Léri’s reflex (Léri's sign)
A pyramidal sign, or joint reflex seen in spastic hemiplegia.
Madelung's deformity
Idiopathic progressive curvature of the radius.
Madelung's subluxation (Madelung's deformity)
Idiopathic progressive curvature of the radius.
Marie-Léri syndrome
A syndrome of peculiar hand deformity caused by osteolysis of the articular surfaces of the fingers.
Marinesco's hand
Cold blue oedematous hand with lividity of the skin seen in neurological lesions such as syringomyelia.
Marinesco's sign (Marinesco's hand)
Cold blue oedematous hand with lividity of the skin seen in neurological lesions such as syringomyelia.
Marinesco's succulent hand (Marinesco's hand)
Cold blue oedematous hand with lividity of the skin seen in neurological lesions such as syringomyelia.
Mitchell's syndrome I
An idiopathic paroxysmal vasodilation of peripheral vasculature marked by sudden onset of burning pain in the hands and feet, diminution of temperature sense, and occasional glossalgia and feeding difficulty.
Mitchell’s disease (Mitchell's syndrome I)
An idiopathic paroxysmal vasodilation of peripheral vasculature marked by sudden onset of burning pain in the hands and feet, diminution of temperature sense, and occasional glossalgia and feeding difficulty.
Papillon-Léage and Psaume syndrome
A congenital syndrome characterised by orofacial and digital defects.
Psaume’s syndrome (Papillon-Léage and Psaume syndrome)
A congenital syndrome characterised by orofacial and digital defects.
Schinzel's syndrome II
A familiar syndrome of ulnar ray defects, hand abnormalities, microgentialism, delayed puberty, obesity, and anal atresia.
Weir Mitchell's disease (Mitchell's syndrome I)
An idiopathic paroxysmal vasodilation of peripheral vasculature marked by sudden onset of burning pain in the hands and feet, diminution of temperature sense, and occasional glossalgia and feeding difficulty.
 

 
 

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