| Eponyms in category: Brain |
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| (Islands of Reil) |
| The insula of the cerebral cortex. |
| (Cécile) Vogt's disease (Vogt-Vogt syndrome (Cécile and Oskar Vogt)) |
| An extrapyramidal disturbance with double sided athetosis occurring in early childhood. |
| Adamkiewicz' artery |
| The largest of the medullary arteries which supply the spinal cord by anastomising with the anterior (longitudinal) spinal artery. |
| Adie-Critchley syndrome |
| A syndrome of forced grasping and groping |
| Alpers' disease |
| A rare degenerative disease of the brain, predominantly involving the grey matter. |
| Alzheimer's sclerosis |
| Degeneration of the middle and smaller cerebral blood vessels at a cellular level. |
| Andermann's syndrome |
| A familial syndrome affecting both sexes, characterized by agenesis of the corpus callosum, mental retardation, and progressive sensimotor neuropathy. |
| Arnason's syndrome |
| Amyloid cerebral deposits. |
| Arnold Pick’s circumscribed brain atrophy syndrome (Pick's disease (Arnold Pick)) |
| A rare and fatal degenerative disease of the nervous system. Clinically there are major overlaps with Alzheimer's presenile dementia. |
| Arnold-Chiari malformation |
| A condition in which the inferior poles of the cerebellar hemispheres (cork-like protrusions) and the medulla oblongata protrude through the foramen magnum into the spinal canal, without displacing the lower brain stem. |
| Arnold-Chiary deformity (Arnold-Chiari malformation) |
| A condition in which the inferior poles of the cerebellar hemispheres (cork-like protrusions) and the medulla oblongata protrude through the foramen magnum into the spinal canal, without displacing the lower brain stem. |
| Artery of Adamkiewicz (Adamkiewicz' artery) |
| The largest of the medullary arteries which supply the spinal cord by anastomising with the anterior (longitudinal) spinal artery. |
| Babinski-Nageotte syndrome |
| Syndrome seen in unilateral bulbar affections with lesions of the medullobulbar transitional region. |
| Bailey-Cushing syndrome |
| A syndrome affecting both sexes with unsteadiness in balance, disturbed coordination of the body in space, walking very poor, good coordination when lying or with body well braced. |
| Baillarger stripes |
| White lines in the cortex.
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| Baillarger's bands (Baillarger stripes) |
| White lines in the cortex.
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| Baillarger's lines (Baillarger stripes) |
| White lines in the cortex.
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| Balo' s encephalitis (Baló's disease) |
| A rare disease of the brain affecting both sexes, with onset in childhood. |
| Baló's concentric sclerosis (Baló's disease) |
| A rare disease of the brain affecting both sexes, with onset in childhood. |
| Baló's disease |
| A rare disease of the brain affecting both sexes, with onset in childhood. |
| Balo's syndrome (Baló's disease) |
| A rare disease of the brain affecting both sexes, with onset in childhood. |
| Bannayan's syndrome |
| A very rare familial disease with a predilection in males. It manifests with symmetrical macrocephaly without ventricular enlargement, mild neurological dysfunction, and postnatal growth retardation. |
| Bannayan-Riley-Ruvalcaba (Bannayan's syndrome) |
| A very rare familial disease with a predilection in males. It manifests with symmetrical macrocephaly without ventricular enlargement, mild neurological dysfunction, and postnatal growth retardation. |
| Bannayan-Zonana syndrome (Bannayan's syndrome) |
| A very rare familial disease with a predilection in males. It manifests with symmetrical macrocephaly without ventricular enlargement, mild neurological dysfunction, and postnatal growth retardation. |
| Bastian's aphasia (Wernicke's aphasia) |
| The aphasia syndrome, as described by Wernicke in 1908, consists of loss of comprehension of spoken language, loss of ability to read (silently) and write, and distortion of articulate speech. Hearing is intact. |
| Begbie’s syndrome (Dubini's disease) |
| No longer used term for the myoclonic form of epidemic encephalitis. |
| Berger's effect (Hans Berger) (Berger's wave (Hans Berger)) |
| Alpha rhythm in the electroencephalogram (EEG). |
| Berger's rhythm (Hans Berger) (Berger's wave (Hans Berger)) |
| Alpha rhythm in the electroencephalogram (EEG). |
| Berger's wave (Hans Berger) |
| Alpha rhythm in the electroencephalogram (EEG). |
| Bergeron’s chorea (Dubini's disease) |
| No longer used term for the myoclonic form of epidemic encephalitis. |
| Bergeron’s disease (Dubini's disease) |
| No longer used term for the myoclonic form of epidemic encephalitis. |
| Bickerstaff's encephalitis |
| A syndrome of prodromal malaise and midbrain dissturbances with almost complete suppression of all functions related to brain stem innervation. |
| Bickerstaff's syndrome (Bickerstaff's encephalitis) |
| A syndrome of prodromal malaise and midbrain dissturbances with almost complete suppression of all functions related to brain stem innervation. |
| Bleuler's psycho syndrome |
| A collective term for a variety of psychopathological and neuropsychological symptom complexes observed as a consequence of diffuse brain damages. |
| Bodechtel-Guttmann disease (Van Bogaert's encephalitis) |
| A rare, chronic and progressive encephalitis in children and adolescents, involving the white matter of the cerebrum, brain stem, cerebral cortex, thalamus, and spinal cord. |
| Bogaert’s encephalitis (Dawson or van Bogaert encephalitis) |
| Subacute sclerosing leukoencephalopathy. |
| Borries'syndrome I |
| Nonsuppurative localized encephalitis with changes in the cerebrospinal fluid. |
| Borries’ syndrome II (Quincke's meningitis) |
| Intracranial hypertension of unknown origin. |
| Broca'as convolution (Broca's area) |
| Area of the left hemisphere of the brain containing the motor speech area. |
| Broca's aphasia |
| A peculiar form of central language destruction. Aphasia in which the patient is able to utter only a few simple words and is unable to write, even though he knows what he wishes to say. |
| Broca's area |
| Area of the left hemisphere of the brain containing the motor speech area. |
| Broca's centre (Broca's area) |
| Area of the left hemisphere of the brain containing the motor speech area. |
| Broca's field (Broca's area) |
| Area of the left hemisphere of the brain containing the motor speech area. |
| Brodmann area 44 (Broca's area) |
| Area of the left hemisphere of the brain containing the motor speech area. |
| Brodmann's areas |
| The occipital and pre-occipital area of the cerebral cortex.
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| Brudziñski's cheek phenomenon |
| A sign og meningitis. |
| Bruns' ataxia |
| Difficulty in moving the feet when they are in contact with the ground and a tendency to fall backwards, seen in frontal lobe lesions. |
| Bruns' syndrome |
| Neurological disturbance marked by violent periodic headaches, vomiting, and sudden attacks of vertigo and giddiness and sometimes falling. |
| Brun’s sign (Bruns' syndrome) |
| Neurological disturbance marked by violent periodic headaches, vomiting, and sudden attacks of vertigo and giddiness and sometimes falling. |
| Campus foreli |
| Area of hypothalamus. |
| Canavan's disease |
| A progressive, degenerative disorder of the central nervous system characterised by spongy changes in the white matter. |
| Canavan's syndrome (Canavan's disease) |
| A progressive, degenerative disorder of the central nervous system characterised by spongy changes in the white matter. |
| Canavan-van Bogaert-Bertrand syndrome (Canavan's disease) |
| A progressive, degenerative disorder of the central nervous system characterised by spongy changes in the white matter. |
| Canavan’s sclerosis (Canavan's disease) |
| A progressive, degenerative disorder of the central nervous system characterised by spongy changes in the white matter. |
| Céstan's paralysis (Céstan-Chenais syndrome) |
| A brain stem syndrome that is a clinical combination of Wallenberg’s or Avellis' syndrome and Babinski-Nageotte’s syndrome. |
| Cestan's syndrome (Raymon-Céstan syndrome) |
| Tumour of the cerebral peduncles causing speech disorders, paralysis of lateral conjugate gaze, etc. |
| Céstan-Chenais syndrome |
| A brain stem syndrome that is a clinical combination of Wallenberg’s or Avellis' syndrome and Babinski-Nageotte’s syndrome. |
| Charlevoix disease (Andermann's syndrome) |
| A familial syndrome affecting both sexes, characterized by agenesis of the corpus callosum, mental retardation, and progressive sensimotor neuropathy. |
| Chemke’s syndrome (Walker-Warburg syndrome) |
| A lethal disorder of the brain marked by hydrocephalus, cerebral agyria, retinal dysplasia and other eye abnormalities, and occasional occipital encephalocele. |
| Chiari deformity (Arnold-Chiari malformation) |
| A condition in which the inferior poles of the cerebellar hemispheres (cork-like protrusions) and the medulla oblongata protrude through the foramen magnum into the spinal canal, without displacing the lower brain stem. |
| Chiari malformation (Arnold-Chiari malformation) |
| A condition in which the inferior poles of the cerebellar hemispheres (cork-like protrusions) and the medulla oblongata protrude through the foramen magnum into the spinal canal, without displacing the lower brain stem. |
| Christensen's disease (Alpers' disease) |
| A rare degenerative disease of the brain, predominantly involving the grey matter. |
| Christensen-Krabbe disease (Alpers' disease) |
| A rare degenerative disease of the brain, predominantly involving the grey matter. |
| Cleland-Arnold-Chiari syndrome (Arnold-Chiari malformation) |
| A condition in which the inferior poles of the cerebellar hemispheres (cork-like protrusions) and the medulla oblongata protrude through the foramen magnum into the spinal canal, without displacing the lower brain stem. |
| Collet-Sicard syndrome |
| Collective term comprising infectious disorders associated with encephalitis epidemica. |
| Collet’s syndrome (Collet-Sicard syndrome) |
| Collective term comprising infectious disorders associated with encephalitis epidemica. |
| Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease |
| A very rare, progressive syndrome of motor, sensory, and mental disturbances, involving the cerebral cortex, basal ganglia and spinal cord. |
| Creutzfeldt-Jakob syndrome (Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease) |
| A very rare, progressive syndrome of motor, sensory, and mental disturbances, involving the cerebral cortex, basal ganglia and spinal cord. |
| Cushing's effect (Cushing's law) |
| Increase in intracranial pressure causes compression of the cerebral blood vessels and cerebral ischemia. |
| Cushing's law |
| Increase in intracranial pressure causes compression of the cerebral blood vessels and cerebral ischemia. |
| Cushing's phenomenon (Cushing's law) |
| Increase in intracranial pressure causes compression of the cerebral blood vessels and cerebral ischemia. |
| Cushing's reaction (Cushing's law) |
| Increase in intracranial pressure causes compression of the cerebral blood vessels and cerebral ischemia. |
| Cushing's response (Cushing's law) |
| Increase in intracranial pressure causes compression of the cerebral blood vessels and cerebral ischemia. |
| Cushing's syndrome II |
| A syndrome of multiple tumours of the spinal nerve roots and auditory nerves. |
| Cushing's triad |
| Signs of increased intracranial pressure. |
| Cushing's ulcer (Rokitansky-Cushing ulcer) |
| Eponym used to indicate the gastrointestinal hemorrhagic complication arising after head injury or neurosurgery. |
| Dawson or van Bogaert encephalitis |
| Subacute sclerosing leukoencephalopathy. |
| Dawson’s encephalitis (Van Bogaert's encephalitis) |
| A rare, chronic and progressive encephalitis in children and adolescents, involving the white matter of the cerebrum, brain stem, cerebral cortex, thalamus, and spinal cord. |
| Dawson’s syndrome (Dawson or van Bogaert encephalitis) |
| Subacute sclerosing leukoencephalopathy. |
| de Morsier’s syndrome II (Kallmann's syndrome) |
| A congenital disorder of hypothalamic function and reduced pituitary gonadotropic activity with resulting association of hypogonadism, eunuchoidism and anosmia. |
| Dejerine’s syndrome (Holmes' syndrome II) |
| A disorder of space perception caused by brain injuries and characterised by the inability to localize stationary or moving object in the three planes of space. |
| Dimitri’s hemangiomatosis syndrome (Sturge-Weber syndrome) |
| A congenital disorder involving the brain, skin and eyes. |
| Divry-Van Bogaert disease (Dawson or van Bogaert encephalitis) |
| Subacute sclerosing leukoencephalopathy. |
| Dubini's disease |
| No longer used term for the myoclonic form of epidemic encephalitis. |
| Dubini's syndrome (Dubini's disease) |
| No longer used term for the myoclonic form of epidemic encephalitis. |
| Duchenne's disease |
| Degeneration of the posterior roots and column of the spinal cord and the brain stem. |
| Dyke-Davidoff-Masson sequence (Dyke-Davidoff-Masson syndrome) |
| Cerebral hemiatrophy with homolateral hypertrophy of the skull and sinuses |
| Dyke-Davidoff-Masson syndrome |
| Cerebral hemiatrophy with homolateral hypertrophy of the skull and sinuses |
| Fahr's disease |
| A rare idiopathic disease which manifests in middle age characterized by punctate areas of non-arteriosclerotic calcination in parts of the gray and dentate nuclei, particularly of smaller brain vessels. |
| Fahr’s intracerebral calcinosis (Fahr's disease) |
| A rare idiopathic disease which manifests in middle age characterized by punctate areas of non-arteriosclerotic calcination in parts of the gray and dentate nuclei, particularly of smaller brain vessels. |
| Fahr’s syndrome (Fahr's disease) |
| A rare idiopathic disease which manifests in middle age characterized by punctate areas of non-arteriosclerotic calcination in parts of the gray and dentate nuclei, particularly of smaller brain vessels. |
| Fanconi-Turler syndrome |
| A syndrome marked by cerebellar ataxia associated with uncoordinated eye movements, nystagmus, dysmetria, and mental retardation. |
| Fickler-Winkler syndrome |
| Autosomal recessive variant of the olivopontocerebellar syndrome II. It differs from the Menzel type and the Dejerine-Thomas atrophy by the the lack of involuntary movements. |
| Flatau-Schilder disease (Schilder's disease) |
| A rare, progressive and invariably fatal disease of the central nervous system characterized by adrenal atrophy and diffuse cerebral demyelination. |
| Flatau-Sterling syndrome |
| Dystonia is a neurologic syndrome characterized by involuntary, sustained, patterned, and often repetitive muscle contractions of opposing muscles causing twisting movements or abnormal postures. |
| Flatau’s syndrome (Redlich's syndrome) |
| A poorly defined form of abortive disseminated encephalomyelitis with lesions distributed throughout the brain and the spinal cord. |
| Foix's syndrome I |
| Red nucleus (anterior portion) syndrome. |
| Foix's syndrome II |
| Ophthalmoplegic disease picture originating in processes secondary to intracranial aneurysms or thrombosis of the cavernous or lateral sinuses, sometimes associated with trigeminal neuralgia. |
| Foix-Jefferson syndrome (Godtfredsen's syndrome) |
| Syndrome of trigeminal neuralgia, oculomotor paralysis, XIIth nerve paralysis and ophthalmoplegia.
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| Foix-Jefferson syndrome (Foix's syndrome II) |
| Ophthalmoplegic disease picture originating in processes secondary to intracranial aneurysms or thrombosis of the cavernous or lateral sinuses, sometimes associated with trigeminal neuralgia. |
| Foix’ syndrome II (Godtfredsen's syndrome) |
| Syndrome of trigeminal neuralgia, oculomotor paralysis, XIIth nerve paralysis and ophthalmoplegia.
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| Foramina of Luschka (Luschka's foramen) |
| The Foramen of 4th ventricle. One of the two lateral openings draining the fourth ventricle into the subarachnoid space at the cerebellopontine angle. |
| Forel's bodies |
| Nucleus hypothalamicus.
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| Forel's decussation |
| The fibres from tractus rubroreticulospinalis crossing tegmentum mesencephali ventral in the midline. |
| 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 pontine syndrome |
| This syndrome, which originates from a lesion in the pons, is similar to Foville’s syndrome with the exception that only the abducens nerve is involved in the crossed paralysis, the facial nerve being unaffected. |
| Foville's syndrome II (Foville's pontine syndrome) |
| This syndrome, which originates from a lesion in the pons, is similar to Foville’s syndrome with the exception that only the abducens nerve is involved in the crossed paralysis, the facial nerve being unaffected. |
| 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. |
| Fulton's syndrome (Adie-Critchley syndrome) |
| A syndrome of forced grasping and groping |
| Gayet's disease (Wernicke's disease) |
| An encephalopathy syndrome characterized by mental and ocular disorders, and ataxia. |
| Gayet-Wernicke encephalopathy (Wernicke's disease) |
| An encephalopathy syndrome characterized by mental and ocular disorders, and ataxia. |
| Gayet-Wernicke haemorrhagic encephalitis (Wernicke's disease) |
| An encephalopathy syndrome characterized by mental and ocular disorders, and ataxia. |
| Gayet-Wernicke syndrome (Wernicke's disease) |
| An encephalopathy syndrome characterized by mental and ocular disorders, and ataxia. |
| Gerstmann syndrome I (Gerstmann-Sträussler-Scheinker syndrome) |
| A rare familial form of Creutzfeldt-Jakob syndrome. |
| Gerstmann syndrome II (Gerstmann's syndrome) |
| Gyrus angularis syndrome with right-left disorientation. |
| Gerstmann's syndrome |
| Gyrus angularis syndrome with right-left disorientation. |
| Gerstmann's test |
| A test for demonstrating a cerebellar ataxia. It is more sensitive than the Romberg’s sign, of which it is a modification. |
| Gerstmann-Badal syndrome (Gerstmann's syndrome) |
| Gyrus angularis syndrome with right-left disorientation. |
| Gerstmann-Sträussler-Scheinker syndrome (Gerstmann-Sträussler-Scheinker syndrome) |
| A rare familial form of Creutzfeldt-Jakob syndrome. |
| Gerstmann-Sträussler-Scheinker syndrome |
| A rare familial form of Creutzfeldt-Jakob syndrome. |
| Gerstmann’s phenomenon (Gerstmann's test) |
| A test for demonstrating a cerebellar ataxia. It is more sensitive than the Romberg’s sign, of which it is a modification. |
| Gerstmann’s sign (Gerstmann's test) |
| A test for demonstrating a cerebellar ataxia. It is more sensitive than the Romberg’s sign, of which it is a modification. |
| Gilman and Barrett neuroaxonal dystrophy type I (Hallervorden-Spatz syndrome) |
| A very rare disease with degeneration of the globus pallidus, red nucleus, and substantia nigra of the brain. It is characterized by progressive Parkinson-like rigidity, athetotic movements, and progressive mental and emotional retardation. |
| Godtfredsen's disease (Godtfredsen's syndrome) |
| Syndrome of trigeminal neuralgia, oculomotor paralysis, XIIth nerve paralysis and ophthalmoplegia.
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| Godtfredsen's syndrome |
| Syndrome of trigeminal neuralgia, oculomotor paralysis, XIIth nerve paralysis and ophthalmoplegia.
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| Godtfredsen’s syndrome (Foix's syndrome II) |
| Ophthalmoplegic disease picture originating in processes secondary to intracranial aneurysms or thrombosis of the cavernous or lateral sinuses, sometimes associated with trigeminal neuralgia. |
| Greenfield’s syndrome (Scholz-Bielschowsky-Henneberg disease) |
| Metachromatic leukodystrophy. A collective term for a possibly rather heterogeneous group of fatal diseases with dystrophy of the white matter of the brain |
| Gubler-Millard syndrome (Millard-Gubler syndrome) |
| A syndrome of unilateral softening of the brain tissue arising from obstruction of the blood vessels of the pons. |
| Gubler’s hemiplegia (Millard-Gubler syndrome) |
| A syndrome of unilateral softening of the brain tissue arising from obstruction of the blood vessels of the pons. |
| Gubler’s paralysis (Millard-Gubler syndrome) |
| A syndrome of unilateral softening of the brain tissue arising from obstruction of the blood vessels of the pons. |
| Gubler’s syndrome (Millard-Gubler syndrome) |
| A syndrome of unilateral softening of the brain tissue arising from obstruction of the blood vessels of the pons. |
| Guertin's syndrome (Dubini's disease) |
| No longer used term for the myoclonic form of epidemic encephalitis. |
| Guertin’s disease (Dubini's disease) |
| No longer used term for the myoclonic form of epidemic encephalitis. |
| Hallervorden-Spatz disease (Hallervorden-Spatz syndrome) |
| A very rare disease with degeneration of the globus pallidus, red nucleus, and substantia nigra of the brain. It is characterized by progressive Parkinson-like rigidity, athetotic movements, and progressive mental and emotional retardation. |
| Hallervorden-Spatz syndrome |
| A very rare disease with degeneration of the globus pallidus, red nucleus, and substantia nigra of the brain. It is characterized by progressive Parkinson-like rigidity, athetotic movements, and progressive mental and emotional retardation. |
| Head's syndrome (Head-Holmes syndrome) |
| Sensory changes produced by lesions of the cerebral cortex and other parts of the brain. |
| Head-Holmes syndrome |
| Sensory changes produced by lesions of the cerebral cortex and other parts of the brain. |
| Heidenhain's syndrome |
| A rare type of presenile dementia associated with cortical blindness, ataxia, dysarthria, athetotic movements and rigidity of all four limbs. |
| Henneberg’s disease (Scholz-Bielschowsky-Henneberg disease) |
| Metachromatic leukodystrophy. A collective term for a possibly rather heterogeneous group of fatal diseases with dystrophy of the white matter of the brain |
| Henoch-Bergeron syndrome (Dubini's disease) |
| No longer used term for the myoclonic form of epidemic encephalitis. |
| Henoch’s disease (Dubini's disease) |
| No longer used term for the myoclonic form of epidemic encephalitis. |
| Hertwig-Megendie phenomenon (Magendie-Hertwig syndrome) |
| Skew deviation of the eyes associated with a cerebellar lesion. |
| Hertwig-Megendie sign (Magendie-Hertwig syndrome) |
| Skew deviation of the eyes associated with a cerebellar lesion. |
| Heubner's disease |
| Syphilitic endarteriitis obliterans of the brain |
| Heubner-Schilder disease (Schilder's disease) |
| A rare, progressive and invariably fatal disease of the central nervous system characterized by adrenal atrophy and diffuse cerebral demyelination. |
| Heubner-Schilder syndrome (Schilder's disease) |
| A rare, progressive and invariably fatal disease of the central nervous system characterized by adrenal atrophy and diffuse cerebral demyelination. |
| Holmes' degeneration (Holmes' syndrome I) |
| Inheritable disease picture with cerebellar ataxia due to a degeneration of cerebellum olivary nucleus. |
| Holmes' syndrome I |
| Inheritable disease picture with cerebellar ataxia due to a degeneration of cerebellum olivary nucleus. |
| Holmes' syndrome II |
| A disorder of space perception caused by brain injuries and characterised by the inability to localize stationary or moving object in the three planes of space. |
| Horton's arteritis (Horton's disease I) |
| A headache syndrome characterized by inflammation of the temporal and other cranial arteries. |
| Horton's disease I |
| A headache syndrome characterized by inflammation of the temporal and other cranial arteries. |
| Horton's giant cell arteritis (Horton's disease I) |
| A headache syndrome characterized by inflammation of the temporal and other cranial arteries. |
| Horton's temporal arteritis (Horton's disease I) |
| A headache syndrome characterized by inflammation of the temporal and other cranial arteries. |
| Horton-Gilmour disease (Horton's disease I) |
| A headache syndrome characterized by inflammation of the temporal and other cranial arteries. |
| Horton-Magath-Brown syndrome (Horton's disease I) |
| A headache syndrome characterized by inflammation of the temporal and other cranial arteries. |
| Horton’s syndrome (Horton's disease I) |
| A headache syndrome characterized by inflammation of the temporal and other cranial arteries. |
| Hunt’s ataxia (Ramsay Hunt's syndrome I) |
| A rare form of progressive cerebellar dyssynergia mainly characterised by intention tremor and often associated with convulsions and myoclonic epileptic jerks. |
| Hunt’s syndrome I (Ramsay Hunt's syndrome I) |
| A rare form of progressive cerebellar dyssynergia mainly characterised by intention tremor and often associated with convulsions and myoclonic epileptic jerks. |
| Hurst's disease |
| A hyperacute form of acute haemorrhagic leukoencephalitis occurring in hitherto healthy persons, usually 30 to 40 years of age. |
| Hutchinson-Horton-Syndrome (Horton's disease I) |
| A headache syndrome characterized by inflammation of the temporal and other cranial arteries. |
| Islands of Reil |
| The insula of the cerebral cortex. |
| Jaccoud's dissociated fever |
| Febrile meningitis with a slow pulse rate seen in patients with tuberculous meningitis.
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| Jahnke's syndrome (variant without glaucoma) (Sturge-Weber syndrome) |
| A congenital disorder involving the brain, skin and eyes. |
| Jakob-Creutzfeldt disease (Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease) |
| A very rare, progressive syndrome of motor, sensory, and mental disturbances, involving the cerebral cortex, basal ganglia and spinal cord. |
| Jakob-Creutzfeldt pseudosclerosis (Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease) |
| A very rare, progressive syndrome of motor, sensory, and mental disturbances, involving the cerebral cortex, basal ganglia and spinal cord. |
| Jakob’s pseudosclerosis (Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease) |
| A very rare, progressive syndrome of motor, sensory, and mental disturbances, involving the cerebral cortex, basal ganglia and spinal cord. |
| Julien Marie-See syndrome (Marie-Sée syndrome) |
| A rare form of acute benign hydrocephalus in small infants, occurring within 12 hours of receiving large doses of vitamin A and D and last 24 to 48 hours. |
| Kalischer's syndrome (Sturge-Weber syndrome) |
| A congenital disorder involving the brain, skin and eyes. |
| Kallmann's syndrome |
| A congenital disorder of hypothalamic function and reduced pituitary gonadotropic activity with resulting association of hypogonadism, eunuchoidism and anosmia. |
| Kallmann-de Morsier syndrome (Kallmann's syndrome) |
| A congenital disorder of hypothalamic function and reduced pituitary gonadotropic activity with resulting association of hypogonadism, eunuchoidism and anosmia. |
| Kernig's sign |
| A sign in acute meningitis. |
| Kernig’s phenomenon (Kernig's sign) |
| A sign in acute meningitis. |
| Kernig’s symptom (Kernig's sign) |
| A sign in acute meningitis. |
| Key-Retzius foramina (Luschka's foramen) |
| The Foramen of 4th ventricle. One of the two lateral openings draining the fourth ventricle into the subarachnoid space at the cerebellopontine angle. |
| Kinnier Wilson's disease (Wilson's disease) |
| A chronic disease of brain and liver with progressive neurological dysfunction, due to a disturbance of copper metabolism. |
| Kleist's apraxia |
| A disturbance characterised by the inability to draw, write, or construct two- or three-dimensional geometric figures with matchsticks. |
| Klippel's disease |
| Weakness or pseudoparalysis due to generalized arthritic paralysis in elderly persons who have cerebral arteriosclerosis. |
| Koerber-Salus-Elschnig syndrome (Parinaud-Koerber-Salus-Elschnig syndrome) |
| This dorsal midbrain syndrome is a supranuclear palsy of vertical conjugate movement, most often upwards, caused by lesions of the aqueduct of Sylvius. |
| Kozhevnikov-Wernicke aphasia (Wernicke's aphasia) |
| The aphasia syndrome, as described by Wernicke in 1908, consists of loss of comprehension of spoken language, loss of ability to read (silently) and write, and distortion of articulate speech. Hearing is intact. |
| Krabbe's disease |
| An inborn neurodegenerative disorder of infancy due to the accumulation of galactocerebroside in the tissues. |
| Krabbe's leukodystrophy (Krabbe's disease) |
| An inborn neurodegenerative disorder of infancy due to the accumulation of galactocerebroside in the tissues. |
| Krabbe's syndrome I (Krabbe's disease) |
| An inborn neurodegenerative disorder of infancy due to the accumulation of galactocerebroside in the tissues. |
| Krabbe's syndrome II (Sturge-Weber syndrome) |
| A congenital disorder involving the brain, skin and eyes. |
| Kretschmer's syndrome |
| A collective term for a persistent vegetative state seen in patients with loss of functions of the pallium. |
| Landouzy-Grasset law |
| In focal epileptic seizures the rotation of the head and the eye movements are away from the seat of the lesion. |
| Late cortical cerebellar atrophy of Marie, Foix and Alajouanine (Marie-Foix-Alajouanine syndrome) |
| Ataxia of the cerebellum in advanced age. Frequently due to abuse of alcohol. |
| Lawford's syndrome (Sturge-Weber syndrome) |
| A congenital disorder involving the brain, skin and eyes. |
| Lawford’s meningocutaneous syndrome (Sturge-Weber syndrome) |
| A congenital disorder involving the brain, skin and eyes. |
| Leichtenstern's sign |
| A phenomenon reckoned among the indirect signs of meningitis. |
| Leichtenstern’s meningitis sign (Leichtenstern's sign) |
| A phenomenon reckoned among the indirect signs of meningitis. |
| Leichtenstern’s phenomenon (Leichtenstern's sign) |
| A phenomenon reckoned among the indirect signs of meningitis. |
| Leichtenstern’s phenomenon in meningitis cerebrospinalis epidemica (Leichtenstern's sign) |
| A phenomenon reckoned among the indirect signs of meningitis. |
| Lhermitte-Cornil-Quesnel syndrome |
| A slowly progressive pyramidopallidal degeneration. |
| Lhermitte-Duclos disease (Lhermitte-Duclos syndrome) |
| A rare pathologic entity with progrediating, diffuse hypertrophy chiefly of the stratum granulosum of the cerebellum. |
| Lhermitte-Duclos syndrome |
| A rare pathologic entity with progrediating, diffuse hypertrophy chiefly of the stratum granulosum of the cerebellum. |
| Lhermitte-Lévy syndrome |
| A syndrome of slowly progressing paralysis after a stroke. |
| Lhermitte-McAlpine syndrome |
| A combined pyramidal and extrapyramidal tract syndrome in middle-aged and elderly persons. |
| Luschka's foramen |
| The Foramen of 4th ventricle. One of the two lateral openings draining the fourth ventricle into the subarachnoid space at the cerebellopontine angle. |
| Maestre de San Juan-Kallmann syndrome (Kallmann's syndrome) |
| A congenital disorder of hypothalamic function and reduced pituitary gonadotropic activity with resulting association of hypogonadism, eunuchoidism and anosmia. |
| Maestre de San Juan-Kallmann-de Morsier syndrome (Kallmann's syndrome) |
| A congenital disorder of hypothalamic function and reduced pituitary gonadotropic activity with resulting association of hypogonadism, eunuchoidism and anosmia. |
| Maestre-Kallmann-de Morsier syndrome (Kallmann's syndrome) |
| A congenital disorder of hypothalamic function and reduced pituitary gonadotropic activity with resulting association of hypogonadism, eunuchoidism and anosmia. |
| Magendie-Hertwig syndrome |
| Skew deviation of the eyes associated with a cerebellar lesion. |
| Mann's syndrome |
| Brain contusion accompanied by generalised coordination disorders. |
| Marie's ataxia |
| A hereditary disease of the nervous system, with cerebellar ataxia caused by bilateral cortical atrophy of the cerebellum. |
| Marie-Foix manoeuvre and reflex |
| A manipulation for exciting a flexion reflex in all joints in the lower extremities, and a sign in upper motor neurone paralysis. |
| Marie-Foix-Alajouanine syndrome |
| Ataxia of the cerebellum in advanced age. Frequently due to abuse of alcohol. |
| Marie-Sée syndrome |
| A rare form of acute benign hydrocephalus in small infants, occurring within 12 hours of receiving large doses of vitamin A and D and last 24 to 48 hours. |
| Marie’s syndrome I (Marie's ataxia) |
| A hereditary disease of the nervous system, with cerebellar ataxia caused by bilateral cortical atrophy of the cerebellum. |
| Mayer-Gross's syndrome (Kleist's apraxia) |
| A disturbance characterised by the inability to draw, write, or construct two- or three-dimensional geometric figures with matchsticks. |
| Mendel's Aurikularisphänomen |
| Clinical and quite reliable sign for base meningitis (German: Basismeningitis).
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| Mendel's sign (Mendel's Aurikularisphänomen) |
| Clinical and quite reliable sign for base meningitis (German: Basismeningitis).
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| Menzel's syndrome II |
| Olivopontocerebellar syndrome characterized by upper motor neuron and extensor plantar response. |
| Menzel’s syndrome (Marie's ataxia) |
| A hereditary disease of the nervous system, with cerebellar ataxia caused by bilateral cortical atrophy of the cerebellum. |
| Meynert's bundle |
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| Meynert's commissure |
| Fibrous tract extending from subthalamic body to base of 3rd ventricle. |
| Meynert's decussation |
| The dorsal tegmental decussation or «fountain decussation». |
| Meynert's fasciculus (Meynert's bundle) |
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| Meynert's retroflex bundle (Meynert's bundle) |
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| Meynerts Habenkreuzung (German) (Meynert's decussation) |
| The dorsal tegmental decussation or «fountain decussation». |
| Millard-Gubler syndrome |
| A syndrome of unilateral softening of the brain tissue arising from obstruction of the blood vessels of the pons. |
| Millard-Gubler-Foville syndrome (Millard-Gubler syndrome) |
| A syndrome of unilateral softening of the brain tissue arising from obstruction of the blood vessels of the pons. |
| Millard’s syndrome (Millard-Gubler syndrome) |
| A syndrome of unilateral softening of the brain tissue arising from obstruction of the blood vessels of the pons. |
| Miller's syndrome (Sturge-Weber syndrome) |
| A congenital disorder involving the brain, skin and eyes. |
| Mistichelli's crossing |
| Pyramidal decussation. |
| Mollaret's meningitis |
| A form of meningitis which manifests with sudden attack of fever and meningeal signs with an increased CSF pressure. |
| Mollaret’s syndrome (Mollaret's meningitis) |
| A form of meningitis which manifests with sudden attack of fever and meningeal signs with an increased CSF pressure. |
| Monro's foramen |
| The interventricular foramen. |
| Monro's sulcus |
| The hypothalmic sulcus. |
| Morbus Fahr (Fahr's disease) |
| A rare idiopathic disease which manifests in middle age characterized by punctate areas of non-arteriosclerotic calcination in parts of the gray and dentate nuclei, particularly of smaller brain vessels. |
| Morel's sclerosis |
| A variety of alcoholic encephalopathy. |
| Morsier-Gauthier syndrome (Kallmann's syndrome) |
| A congenital disorder of hypothalamic function and reduced pituitary gonadotropic activity with resulting association of hypogonadism, eunuchoidism and anosmia. |
| Munch-Petersen's encephalomyelitis (Redlich's syndrome) |
| A poorly defined form of abortive disseminated encephalomyelitis with lesions distributed throughout the brain and the spinal cord. |
| Munch-Petersen's syndrome (Redlich's syndrome) |
| A poorly defined form of abortive disseminated encephalomyelitis with lesions distributed throughout the brain and the spinal cord. |
| Nevin's syndrome (Nevin-Jones disease) |
| Subacute encephalopathy occurring most commonly between the ages of 50 and 70 years. |
| Nevin-Jones disease |
| Subacute encephalopathy occurring most commonly between the ages of 50 and 70 years. |
| Nonne-Marie syndrome (Marie's ataxia) |
| A hereditary disease of the nervous system, with cerebellar ataxia caused by bilateral cortical atrophy of the cerebellum. |
| Nonne-Pierre Marie syndrome (Marie's ataxia) |
| A hereditary disease of the nervous system, with cerebellar ataxia caused by bilateral cortical atrophy of the cerebellum. |
| Nonne’s syndrome III (Quincke's meningitis) |
| Intracranial hypertension of unknown origin. |
| Nothnagel's syndrome (Bruns' syndrome) |
| Neurological disturbance marked by violent periodic headaches, vomiting, and sudden attacks of vertigo and giddiness and sometimes falling. |
| Oppenheim-Turner syndrome (Ziehen-Oppenheim syndrome) |
| A familial torsion spasm due to a lesion of the basal ganglia. |
| Pagon’s syndrome (Walker-Warburg syndrome) |
| A lethal disorder of the brain marked by hydrocephalus, cerebral agyria, retinal dysplasia and other eye abnormalities, and occasional occipital encephalocele. |
| Parinaud-Koerber-Salus-Elschnig syndrome |
| This dorsal midbrain syndrome is a supranuclear palsy of vertical conjugate movement, most often upwards, caused by lesions of the aqueduct of Sylvius. |
| Parinaud’s ophthalmoplegia syndrome (Parinaud-Koerber-Salus-Elschnig syndrome) |
| This dorsal midbrain syndrome is a supranuclear palsy of vertical conjugate movement, most often upwards, caused by lesions of the aqueduct of Sylvius. |
| Parinaud’s syndrome (Parinaud-Koerber-Salus-Elschnig syndrome) |
| This dorsal midbrain syndrome is a supranuclear palsy of vertical conjugate movement, most often upwards, caused by lesions of the aqueduct of Sylvius. |
| Parkes Weber-Dimitri syndrome (Sturge-Weber syndrome) |
| A congenital disorder involving the brain, skin and eyes. |
| Pette-Döring disease |
| Subacute nodular panencephalitis. |
| Pette-Döring encephalitis (Pette-Döring disease) |
| Subacute nodular panencephalitis. |
| Pette-Döring encephalitis (Van Bogaert's encephalitis) |
| A rare, chronic and progressive encephalitis in children and adolescents, involving the white matter of the cerebrum, brain stem, cerebral cortex, thalamus, and spinal cord. |
| Pick visions (Arnold Pick) (Pick's disease or syndrome II (Arnold Pick)) |
| Historical term for optical delusions in disease processes in the area of the base of the 4th ventricle. |
| Pick's bodies (Arnold Pick) |
| Unusual protein deposits in the brains of people with Pick's disease |
| Pick's disease (Arnold Pick) |
| A rare and fatal degenerative disease of the nervous system. Clinically there are major overlaps with Alzheimer's presenile dementia. |
| Pick's disease or syndrome II (Arnold Pick) |
| Historical term for optical delusions in disease processes in the area of the base of the 4th ventricle. |
| Pick's hallucinations (Arnold Pick) (Pick's disease or syndrome II (Arnold Pick)) |
| Historical term for optical delusions in disease processes in the area of the base of the 4th ventricle. |
| Pick-Alzheimer disease (misnomer) (Arnold Pick) (Pick's disease (Arnold Pick)) |
| A rare and fatal degenerative disease of the nervous system. Clinically there are major overlaps with Alzheimer's presenile dementia. |
| Pick-Wernicke syndrome (Arnold Pick) (Wernicke's aphasia) |
| The aphasia syndrome, as described by Wernicke in 1908, consists of loss of comprehension of spoken language, loss of ability to read (silently) and write, and distortion of articulate speech. Hearing is intact. |
| Pick’s syndrome (Arnold Pick) (Pick's disease (Arnold Pick)) |
| A rare and fatal degenerative disease of the nervous system. Clinically there are major overlaps with Alzheimer's presenile dementia. |
| Pierre Marie's syndrome (Marie's ataxia) |
| A hereditary disease of the nervous system, with cerebellar ataxia caused by bilateral cortical atrophy of the cerebellum. |
| Prévost's law |
| Symptom in unilateral brain affection consisting of cerebral lesion: the head is rotated toward the diseased hemisphere. |
| Prévost's syndrome |
| Conjugated deviation of the eyes seen in unilateral brain lesions. |
| Quincke's meningitis |
| Intracranial hypertension of unknown origin. |
| Quincke’s syndrome (Quincke's meningitis) |
| Intracranial hypertension of unknown origin. |
| Ramsay Hunt's syndrome I |
| A rare form of progressive cerebellar dyssynergia mainly characterised by intention tremor and often associated with convulsions and myoclonic epileptic jerks. |
| Ramsay Hunt’s syndrome II (Ramsay Hunt's syndrome I) |
| A rare form of progressive cerebellar dyssynergia mainly characterised by intention tremor and often associated with convulsions and myoclonic epileptic jerks. |
| 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. |
| Raymond's syndrome (Millard-Gubler syndrome) |
| A syndrome of unilateral softening of the brain tissue arising from obstruction of the blood vessels of the pons. |
| Raymond-Foville syndrome (Millard-Gubler syndrome) |
| A syndrome of unilateral softening of the brain tissue arising from obstruction of the blood vessels of the pons. |
| Raymond’s syndrome (Céstan-Chenais syndrome) |
| A brain stem syndrome that is a clinical combination of Wallenberg’s or Avellis' syndrome and Babinski-Nageotte’s syndrome. |
| Redlich's syndrome |
| A poorly defined form of abortive disseminated encephalomyelitis with lesions distributed throughout the brain and the spinal cord. |
| Redlich-Flatau syndrome (Redlich's syndrome) |
| A poorly defined form of abortive disseminated encephalomyelitis with lesions distributed throughout the brain and the spinal cord. |
| Riley-Smith syndrome (Bannayan's syndrome) |
| A very rare familial disease with a predilection in males. It manifests with symmetrical macrocephaly without ventricular enlargement, mild neurological dysfunction, and postnatal growth retardation. |
| Rokitansky-Cushing ulcer |
| Eponym used to indicate the gastrointestinal hemorrhagic complication arising after head injury or neurosurgery. |
| Roser-Braun symptom |
| Absence of pulsation of the dura in a trephination opening suggests an underlying tumour. |
| Ruvalcaba Myhre-Smith syndrome (Bannayan's syndrome) |
| A very rare familial disease with a predilection in males. It manifests with symmetrical macrocephaly without ventricular enlargement, mild neurological dysfunction, and postnatal growth retardation. |
| Saldino-Mainzer syndrome |
| A combination of renal dysplasia, pigment dystrophy of cornea, cerebellar ataxia, and skeletal dysplasia. |
| Sanger Brown's syndrome (Marie's ataxia) |
| A hereditary disease of the nervous system, with cerebellar ataxia caused by bilateral cortical atrophy of the cerebellum. |
| Schilder's disease |
| A rare, progressive and invariably fatal disease of the central nervous system characterized by adrenal atrophy and diffuse cerebral demyelination. |
| Schilder-Addison complex (probably misnomer) (Schilder's disease) |
| A rare, progressive and invariably fatal disease of the central nervous system characterized by adrenal atrophy and diffuse cerebral demyelination. |
| Schilder-Foix disease |
| A disease of the nervous system characterized by nonprogressive sclerotic lesions of the white matter of the cerebral hemispheres. |
| Schirmer's syndrome (Sturge-Weber syndrome) |
| A congenital disorder involving the brain, skin and eyes. |
| Scholtz’ disease (Scholz-Bielschowsky-Henneberg disease) |
| Metachromatic leukodystrophy. A collective term for a possibly rather heterogeneous group of fatal diseases with dystrophy of the white matter of the brain |
| Scholz-Bielschowsky-Henneberg disease |
| Metachromatic leukodystrophy. A collective term for a possibly rather heterogeneous group of fatal diseases with dystrophy of the white matter of the brain |
| Scholz-Bielschowsky-Henneberg syndrome (Scholz-Bielschowsky-Henneberg disease) |
| Metachromatic leukodystrophy. A collective term for a possibly rather heterogeneous group of fatal diseases with dystrophy of the white matter of the brain |
| Scholz-Greenfield syndrome (Scholz-Bielschowsky-Henneberg disease) |
| Metachromatic leukodystrophy. A collective term for a possibly rather heterogeneous group of fatal diseases with dystrophy of the white matter of the brain |
| Schut-Haymaker syndrome |
| Olivopontocerebellar atrophy IV. |
| Schwalbe-Ziehen-Oppenheim syndrome (Ziehen-Oppenheim syndrome) |
| A familial torsion spasm due to a lesion of the basal ganglia. |
| Seitelberger's disease II |
| A rare familial form of demyalinating disease with early onset and absence of stainable myelin. |
| Seitelberger’s neuroaxonal dystrophy (Seitelberger's disease II) |
| A rare familial form of demyalinating disease with early onset and absence of stainable myelin. |
| Sicard’s syndrome I (Collet-Sicard syndrome) |
| Collective term comprising infectious disorders associated with encephalitis epidemica. |
| Signorelli's sign I |
| Extreme tenderness on pressure on the retromandibular point in meningitis. |
| Stewart-Holmes sign |
| Rebound phenomenon seen in cerebellar disease. |
| Stewart-Holmes syndrome |
| Epileptic fits, manifested by jerking movements of one arm. |
| Stewart-Holmes test |
| An ordinary neurological test performed for the diagnosis for cerebellar disease.
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| Strümpell's disease I |
| The cerebral form of poliomyelitis.
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| Strümpell-Leichtenstern encephalitis |
| Acute hemorrhagic encephalitis affecting both sexes, but prevalent in children, and characterised by necrosis, haemorrhage, and demyelination of the white matter. |
| Sträussler’s disease (Gerstmann-Sträussler-Scheinker syndrome) |
| A rare familial form of Creutzfeldt-Jakob syndrome. |
| Sträussler’s syndrome (Gerstmann-Sträussler-Scheinker syndrome) |
| A rare familial form of Creutzfeldt-Jakob syndrome. |
| Sturge's syndrome (Sturge-Weber syndrome) |
| A congenital disorder involving the brain, skin and eyes. |
| Sturge-Kalischer-Weber syndrome (Sturge-Weber syndrome) |
| A congenital disorder involving the brain, skin and eyes. |
| Sturge-Parkes Weber-Dimitri syndrome (Sturge-Weber syndrome) |
| A congenital disorder involving the brain, skin and eyes. |
| Sturge-Weber syndrome |
| A congenital disorder involving the brain, skin and eyes. |
| Sturge-Weber-Krabbe syndrome (Sturge-Weber syndrome) |
| A congenital disorder involving the brain, skin and eyes. |
| Sturge-Weber-Thoma syndrome (Sturge-Weber syndrome) |
| A congenital disorder involving the brain, skin and eyes. |
| Symonds’ syndrome (Quincke's meningitis) |
| Intracranial hypertension of unknown origin. |
| Syndrome de Gerstmann (French) (Gerstmann's syndrome) |
| Gyrus angularis syndrome with right-left disorientation. |
| Trousseau's phenomenon or sign (Trousseau's spots) |
| Red streaking of the skin produced by lightly scratching the skin with the fingernails, seen in meningitis and other cerebral diseases.
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| Trousseau's spots |
| Red streaking of the skin produced by lightly scratching the skin with the fingernails, seen in meningitis and other cerebral diseases.
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| van Bogaert subacute sclerosing leukoencephalitis (Van Bogaert's encephalitis) |
| A rare, chronic and progressive encephalitis in children and adolescents, involving the white matter of the cerebrum, brain stem, cerebral cortex, thalamus, and spinal cord. |
| van Bogaert's encephalitis (Van Bogaert's encephalitis) |
| A rare, chronic and progressive encephalitis in children and adolescents, involving the white matter of the cerebrum, brain stem, cerebral cortex, thalamus, and spinal cord. |
| Van Bogaert's encephalitis |
| A rare, chronic and progressive encephalitis in children and adolescents, involving the white matter of the cerebrum, brain stem, cerebral cortex, thalamus, and spinal cord. |
| van Bogaert's syndrome (Van Bogaert's encephalitis) |
| A rare, chronic and progressive encephalitis in children and adolescents, involving the white matter of the cerebrum, brain stem, cerebral cortex, thalamus, and spinal cord. |
| Van Bogaert-Divry syndrome |
| A familial syndrome characterised by angiomatosis of skin and cerebral meninges with progressive demyelinisation of white matter, hemianopsia and cutis marmorata due to telangiectases. |
| van Bogaert-Nyssen syndrome (Scholz-Bielschowsky-Henneberg disease) |
| Metachromatic leukodystrophy. A collective term for a possibly rather heterogeneous group of fatal diseases with dystrophy of the white matter of the brain |
| van Bogaert-Nyssen-Pfeiffer syndrome (Scholz-Bielschowsky-Henneberg disease) |
| Metachromatic leukodystrophy. A collective term for a possibly rather heterogeneous group of fatal diseases with dystrophy of the white matter of the brain |
| van-Bogaert-Bertrand spongy degeneration syndrome (Canavan's disease) |
| A progressive, degenerative disorder of the central nervous system characterised by spongy changes in the white matter. |
| van-Bogaert-Bertrand syndrome (Canavan's disease) |
| A progressive, degenerative disorder of the central nervous system characterised by spongy changes in the white matter. |
| Verger-Dejerine syndrome (Holmes' syndrome II) |
| A disorder of space perception caused by brain injuries and characterised by the inability to localize stationary or moving object in the three planes of space. |
| Viesseaux-Wallenberg syndrome (Wallenberg's syndrome) |
| A complex of symptoms caused by occlusion of the posterior inferior cerebellar artery, resulting in sensory and sympathetic disturbances, cerebellar and pyramidal tract signs, etc. |
| 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. |
| Vogt's syndrome (Vogt-Vogt syndrome (Cécile and Oskar Vogt)) |
| An extrapyramidal disturbance with double sided athetosis occurring in early childhood. |
| Vogt-Vogt syndrome (Cécile and Oskar Vogt) |
| An extrapyramidal disturbance with double sided athetosis occurring in early childhood. |
| von Rokitansky-Cushing syndrome (Rokitansky-Cushing ulcer) |
| Eponym used to indicate the gastrointestinal hemorrhagic complication arising after head injury or neurosurgery. |
| Vulpian-Prévost law (Prévost's law) |
| Symptom in unilateral brain affection consisting of cerebral lesion: the head is rotated toward the diseased hemisphere. |
| Walker-Warburg syndrome |
| A lethal disorder of the brain marked by hydrocephalus, cerebral agyria, retinal dysplasia and other eye abnormalities, and occasional occipital encephalocele. |
| Wallenberg's syndrome |
| A complex of symptoms caused by occlusion of the posterior inferior cerebellar artery, resulting in sensory and sympathetic disturbances, cerebellar and pyramidal tract signs, etc. |
| Wallenberg-Foix syndrome (Wallenberg's syndrome) |
| A complex of symptoms caused by occlusion of the posterior inferior cerebellar artery, resulting in sensory and sympathetic disturbances, cerebellar and pyramidal tract signs, etc. |
| Warburg's syndrome (Walker-Warburg syndrome) |
| A lethal disorder of the brain marked by hydrocephalus, cerebral agyria, retinal dysplasia and other eye abnormalities, and occasional occipital encephalocele. |
| Weber's syndrome (Sturge-Weber syndrome) |
| A congenital disorder involving the brain, skin and eyes. |
| Weber-Dimitri syndrome (Sturge-Weber syndrome) |
| A congenital disorder involving the brain, skin and eyes. |
| Wernekinck's commissure |
| The decussation of the brachia conjunctiva before their entrance into the red nucleus of the tegmentum.
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| Wernekinck's decussation |
| The decussation of the left and right superior cerebellar peduncles in the tegmentum of the caudal mesencephalon. |
| Wernicke's aphasia |
| The aphasia syndrome, as described by Wernicke in 1908, consists of loss of comprehension of spoken language, loss of ability to read (silently) and write, and distortion of articulate speech. Hearing is intact. |
| Wernicke's aphasic syndrome (Wernicke's aphasia) |
| The aphasia syndrome, as described by Wernicke in 1908, consists of loss of comprehension of spoken language, loss of ability to read (silently) and write, and distortion of articulate speech. Hearing is intact. |
| Wernicke's centre |
| The occipital part of the speech area. |
| Wernicke's disease (Wernicke's disease) |
| An encephalopathy syndrome characterized by mental and ocular disorders, and ataxia. |
| Wernicke's disease |
| An encephalopathy syndrome characterized by mental and ocular disorders, and ataxia. |
| Wernicke's encephalopathic syndrome (Wernicke's disease) |
| An encephalopathy syndrome characterized by mental and ocular disorders, and ataxia. |
| Wernicke's encephalopathy (Wernicke's disease) |
| An encephalopathy syndrome characterized by mental and ocular disorders, and ataxia. |
| Wernicke's syndrome (Wernicke's disease) |
| An encephalopathy syndrome characterized by mental and ocular disorders, and ataxia. |
| Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome (Wernicke's disease) |
| An encephalopathy syndrome characterized by mental and ocular disorders, and ataxia. |
| Weston Hurst acute haemorrhagic leukoencephalitis (Hurst's disease) |
| A hyperacute form of acute haemorrhagic leukoencephalitis occurring in hitherto healthy persons, usually 30 to 40 years of age. |
| Weston Hurst's acute haemorrhagic leukoencephalitis (entered as a separate entity under Hurst's disease). (Strümpell-Leichtenstern encephalitis) |
| Acute hemorrhagic encephalitis affecting both sexes, but prevalent in children, and characterised by necrosis, haemorrhage, and demyelination of the white matter. |
| Westphal's pseudosclerosis (Wilson's disease) |
| A chronic disease of brain and liver with progressive neurological dysfunction, due to a disturbance of copper metabolism. |
| Westphal-Strümpell disease (Wilson's disease) |
| A chronic disease of brain and liver with progressive neurological dysfunction, due to a disturbance of copper metabolism. |
| Westphal-Strümpell pseudosclerosis (Wilson's disease) |
| A chronic disease of brain and liver with progressive neurological dysfunction, due to a disturbance of copper metabolism. |
| Westphal-Strümpell syndrome (Wilson's disease) |
| A chronic disease of brain and liver with progressive neurological dysfunction, due to a disturbance of copper metabolism. |
| Willis' circle |
| The circle of anastomosed arteries at the base of the brain. |
| Wilson's disease |
| A chronic disease of brain and liver with progressive neurological dysfunction, due to a disturbance of copper metabolism. |
| Wilson-Konovalov disease (Wilson's disease) |
| A chronic disease of brain and liver with progressive neurological dysfunction, due to a disturbance of copper metabolism. |
| Ziehen-Oppenheim syndrome |
| A familial torsion spasm due to a lesion of the basal ganglia. |
| Ziehen-Schwalbe-Oppenheim syndrome (Ziehen-Oppenheim syndrome) |
| A familial torsion spasm due to a lesion of the basal ganglia. |
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