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. 2011;24(3):188-191.

Georges-Paul Dieulafoy (1839-1911) and the first description of "exulceratio simplex"

Marianna Karamanou  1 , Aliki Fiska  2 , Thespis Demetriou  2 , George Androutsos  1
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Georges-Paul Dieulafoy (1839-1911) and the first description of "exulceratio simplex"

Marianna Karamanou et al. Ann Gastroenterol. 2011.

Abstract

Professor Georges Dieulafoy is considered to be an outstanding clinician who played a leading role in medicine during the 19th century. He invented the well-known Dieulafoy aspirator, he described a triad for the diagnosis of acute appendicitis and he tried to bridge the gap between internal medicine and surgery. This article presents in details the first description of "exulceratio simplex" that bears his name.

Keywords: Georges Dieulafoy; eminent clinician; exulceratio simplex.

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Professor Georges Dieulafoy (1839-1911)
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Professor Armand Trousseau on his deathbed. Drawing performed by Dieulafoy on June 23, 1867
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Figure 3
The department of Professor Dieulafoy in Hôtel-Dieu Hospital, Paris, 1903.
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Figure 4
Original section from Dieulafoy’s treatise Exulceratio simplex showing the lesion
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