Just when you thought your brain could unwind on a Friday, you realise that it would rather be challenged with some good old fashioned medical trivia…introducing Funtabulously Frivolous Friday Five 136
Question 1
Why is it called the ‘Pap‘ test?
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- After its inventor George Papanicolaou originally from Greece but later worked in the United States as a pioneer in cytopathology and early cancer detection.
- His work contributed to a 70% reduction in cervical cancer mortality over the past 60 years. [Reference]
Question 2
In 1817 a British Physician publicised an essay on ‘the shaking Palsy‘. Who was this and what was the disease that would later carry their name?
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- Dr James Parkinson
- Dr Parkinson originally referred to paralysis agitans – this is now more commonly referred to as now Parksinon’s. [Reference]
Question 3
What is Zeugmatography otherwise known as?
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- Term coined by Lauterbur in 1972 for the joining of a magnetic field and spatially defined radiofrequency field gradients to generate a two-dimensional display of proton density and relaxation times in tissues.
- …Or put simply a MRI. [Reference]
Question 4
What is Samter’s Triad?
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- Asthma + recurrent sinus disease + sensitivity to aspirin
- This condition was first described in 1922 by Widal et al. The article was published in French, and largely ignored for the next 45 years.
- It wasn’t until 1968 when Samter and Beers described patients with asthma and nasal polyps having sensitivity to aspirin that we started noting this phenomenon. [Reference]
Question 5
Where would you find a Burton line?
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- Along the margin of the gums
- Described by Henry Burton in 1840 as a thin blue line as the margin of the gums and base of the teeth.
- The Burton line is associated with chronic lead poisoning. [Reference]
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