Figurative comparisons and eponims in functional diagnostics. Part 3. Ultrasound examination of blood vessels and peripheral nerves

Abstract

This article is the third part from set of materials telling about figurative comparisons and eponyms, which have become an integral part of modern functional and ultrasound diagnostics. It is impossible to imagine modern angiology without ultrasound. Examination of peripheral nerve is currently becoming more widespread in practical health care. In this article you can find the diseases and anatomical terms which was named after the great scientists who first described them: Valsalva, Leonardo da Vinci, Giacomini, Paget, Schroetter, Takayasu, Burger, Reynaud, Menkeberg, Willis, Scarpa, Hunter, etc. Such figurative comparisons are described as ‘Mickey Mouse sign’, ‘one-eared Mickey Mouse’, ‘Egyptian eye’ (‘Pharaoh’s eye’), ‘royal vein’, ‘bunny spectrum’, ‘honeycombs’, ‘salt-pepper’, ‘electric cable’ etc. The terms that will be discussed in the article have not only scientific, but also applied meaning. The article will be useful and interesting to students of medical universities, residents and doctors, whom it will help to check and possibly, update their knowledge.