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Eponyms in Radiology of the Digestive Tract: Historical Perspectives and Imaging Appearances

Part I. Pharynx, Esophagus, Stomach, and Intestine1

Jeffrey P. Kanne, MD, Charles A. Rohrmann, Jr, MD and Joel E. Lichtenstein, MD

1 From the Department of Radiology, University of Washington, Box 357115, 1959 NE Pacific, Seattle, WA 98195-7115. Presented as an education exhibit at the 2004 RSNA Annual Meeting. Received April 8, 2005; revision requested May 4 and received June 15; accepted June 17. All authors have no financial relationships to disclose.

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  		Figure 1.  Zenker diverticulum. Lateral single-contrast esophagogram shows a large outpouching (*) arising from the region of the cricopharyngeus posterior to the normal esophagus (arrow).

 

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  		Figure 2.  Friedrich Albert von Zenker (1825–1898). (From the National Library of Medicine, Washington, D.C.)

 

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  		Figure 3.  Mallory-Weiss tear. Air-contrast esophagogram shows longitudinal tears at the esophagogastric junction.

 

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  		Figure 4.  George Kenneth Mallory (1900–1986). (From the National Library of Medicine.)

 

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  		Figure 5.  Soma Weiss (1898–1942). (From the National Library of Medicine.)

 

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  		Figure 6.  Hermann Boerhaave (1668–1738). (Old engraving from Leiden, the Netherlands.)

 

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  		Figure 7.  Schatzki ring. Air-contrast esophagogram shows concentric narrowing just above the esophagogastric junction.

 

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  		Figure 8.  Richard Schatzki (1901–1992). (Courtesy of Stefan Schatzki, MD, Department of Radiology, Mount Auburn Hospital, Cambridge, Mass.)

 

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  		Figure 9.  Barrett esophagus with adenocarcinoma. Single-contrast esophagogram shows multiple irregular filling defects in the lower esophagus.

 

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  		Figure 10.  Norman Rupert Barrett (1903–1979). (From the National Library of Medicine.)

 

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  		Figure 11.  Zollinger-Ellison syndrome. Image from a single-contrast upper gastrointestinal study shows thickened and irregular gastric folds, hypersecretion, and smooth thickening of the small bowel folds. A gastrinoma was found at surgery.

 

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  		Figure 12.  Robert Milton Zollinger (1903–1992).

 

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  		Figure 13.  Edwin H. Ellison (1918–1970). (Courtesy of E. Christopher Ellison, MD, Department of Surgery, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio.)

 

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  		Figure 14.  Ménétrier disease. Image from an upper gastrointestinal study shows marked thickening (arrows) of the fundal gastric folds.

 

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  		Figure 15.  Pierre-Eugene Ménétrier (1859–1935). (From the National Library of Medicine.)

 

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  		Figure 16.  Carman meniscus sign and gastric adenocarcinoma. Image from a single-contrast upper gastrointestinal study shows a large filling defect (arrows) in the antrum with a large central ulcer (*) convex relative to the lumen.

 

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  		Figure 17.  Russell Daniel Carman (1875–1926).

 

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  		Figure 18a.  Meckel diverticulum containing stones. (a) Image from a small bowel examination shows discoid calcifications (arrow) in the right upper abdomen. (b) Another image from the same examination shows a Meckel diverticulum (arrow) containing stones and contrast material.

 

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  		Figure 18b.  Meckel diverticulum containing stones. (a) Image from a small bowel examination shows discoid calcifications (arrow) in the right upper abdomen. (b) Another image from the same examination shows a Meckel diverticulum (arrow) containing stones and contrast material.

 

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  		Figure 19.  Johann Friedrich Meckel, the Younger (1781–1833). (From the National Library of Medicine.)

 

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  		Figure 20a.  Hirschsprüng disease in an adult patient. (a) Abdominal radiograph shows a markedly dilated bowel loop in the central abdomen. (b) Image from a barium enema examination shows marked sigmoid dilatation. The caliber of the rectum is much smaller than normal. A discrete transition zone (arrow) is also seen.

 

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  		Figure 20b.  Hirschsprüng disease in an adult patient. (a) Abdominal radiograph shows a markedly dilated bowel loop in the central abdomen. (b) Image from a barium enema examination shows marked sigmoid dilatation. The caliber of the rectum is much smaller than normal. A discrete transition zone (arrow) is also seen.

 

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  		Figure 21.  Harald Hirschsprüng (1830–1916). (From the National Library of Medicine.)

 

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  		Figure 22.  Crypts of Lieberkühn. Image from a barium enema examination shows very small outpouchings (arrows) in the distal transverse colon representing filling of normal mucosal glands.

 

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  		Figure 23.  Johann Nathanael Lieberkühn (1711–1756). (From the National Library of Medicine.)

 

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  		Figure 24.  Hemolytic uremic syndrome resulting from E coli colitis in a pediatric patient. Abdominal radiograph shows marked colonic thumbprinting (arrows), a finding that is consistent with marked submucosal edema.

 

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  		Figure 25.  Theodor Escherich (1857–1911). (From the National Library of Medicine.)

 




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