Dermatology Eponyms DERMATOLOGY EPONYMS – PHENOMEN / SIGN – LEXICON (F) Piotr Brzeziński1, Elena Godoy Gijón2, José López-López3, Takao Toyokawa4, Nevin S. Scrimshaw5, Olivier Malard6, Cesar Bimbi7 1Dermatological Clinic, 6th Military Support Unit, Ustka, Poland
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[email protected] Our Dermatol Online. 2012; 3(1): 66-78 Date of submission: 10.10.2011 / acceptance: 14.11.2011 Conflicts of interest: None Abstract Eponyms are used almost daily in the clinical practice of dermatology. And yet, information about the person behind the eponyms is difficult to find. Indeed, who is? What is this person's nationality? Is this person alive or dead? How can one find the paper in which this person first described the disease? Eponyms are used to describe not only disease, but also clinical signs, surgical procedures, staining techniques, pharmacological formulations, and even pieces of equipment. In this article we present the symptoms starting with (F). The symptoms and their synonyms, and those who have described this symptom or phenomenon. Streszczenie Eponimy stosowane są niemal codziennie w praktyce w klinicznej dermatologii. A jednak informacja na temat osoby związanej z danym eponimem jest trudna do znalezienia.