Trousseau sign and syndrome: Erroneous terms

[摘要] To the Editor: Eponymous signs of latent tetany, tache cérébrale, and thrombosis with malignancy were ascribed to the French physician Armand Trousseau (1801–1867) in honor of his accomplishments.1 His observed sign of thrombosis in association with malignancy should be grammatically distinguished by the possessive form, “Trousseau’s sign,” since he acquired the same disease that he described in association with a gastric tumor2; “[i]t is all up with me, the appearance of a patch of phlebitis last night leaves no loophole for doubt as to the nature of my illness” (p. 836).

[学科分类] 卫生学