Eponymous Diseases A-Z

Name the disease, disorder, condition or syndrome named after a person.

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Hint	Description	Answer
A	Most common cause of dementia	Alzheimer's Disease
B	Type of facial paralysis that results in a temporary inability to control the facial muscles on the affected side of the face	Bell's Palsy
C	Most commonly caused by tumour of the pituitary gland, leading to increased cortisol levels	Cushing's Disease
D	Also known as trisomy 21	Down Syndrome
E	Also known as trisomy 18. Babies often born with small head and heart defects	Edwards Syndrome
F	Rare autoimmune disease characterised by the triad of rheumatoid arthritis, enlargement of the spleen and low neutrophil count	Felty's Syndrome
G	Most common cause of hyperthyroidism. Results in goitre and eye bulging	Graves' Disease
H	Type of lymphoma	Hodgkin Lymphoma
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K	Type of cancer that commonly affects HIV/AIDS patients	Kaposi Sarcoma
L	Named after a baseball player. Also called ALS	Lou Gehrig's Disease
M	Genetic disorder affecting connective tissue where patients tend to be tall and thin	Marfan Syndrome
N	Another type of lymphoma	Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma
O	Pathological jealously named after a Shakespearean character	Othello Syndrome
P	Progressive brain disorder that leads to shaking	Parkinson's Disease
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R	Syndrome associated with aspirin use in children	Reye Syndrome
S	Autoimmune disease that affects lacrimal and salivary glands resulting in dry mouth and dry eyes. Named after a Swedish ophthalmologist	Sjögren's Syndrome
T	Neurodevelopmental disorder characterised by tics	Tourette Syndrome
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V	Most common hereditary blood-clotting disorder in humans	Von Willebrand Disease
W	Cancer of the kidneys that typically occurs in children. Also called a nephroblastoma	Wilms' Tumour
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Z	Disease in which tumours cause the stomach to produce too much acid, resulting in peptic ulcers	Zollinger-Ellison Syndrome

Level 77

Apr 29, 2022

Fun quiz. Got 17. Never heard of Lou Gehrig's disease - anyway, shouldn't it come under "G"? To my knowledge, many of these eponymous diseases were not first described by the people whose names have become attached to them. Far better to use a descriptive term, such as Trisomy 21, IMO.

Level 62

Apr 29, 2022

Thanks for the feedback! ALS (Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis) was made popular in the US after baseball player Lou Gehrig was diagnosed with the disease. So in some countries, especially the US, it is also referred to as Lou Gehrig's disease.

I've never actually seen eponymous diseases referred in that way you mentioned, and maybe it might be confusing for some if I were to change it.

Level 71

Nov 13, 2022

N was confusing as the person's name began with a different letter. Nice quiz otherwise.

Level 82

Nov 13, 2022

non-hodgkin lymphoma seems kind of sneaky...

Level 71

Apr 20, 2024

Tough quiz. Even as a medical student, I only got 16--have never heard of E, Z, or F.

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