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Musculoskeletal Colloquialisms: How Did We Come Up with These Names?¹

¹ From the Department of Radiology, State University of New York, Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY (P.L.); and Department of Radiology, University of Arizona College of Medicine, 1501 N Campbell Ave, PO Box 245067, Tucson, AZ 85724-5067 (T.B.H., M.T.). Received February 11, 2004; revision requested March 10 and received March 30; accepted March 30. Address correspondence to T.B.H. (e-mail: tbh@3towers.com).

Eponyms and colloquial terms are labels that provide two kinds of information: the pattern of a complex injury or pathologic problem and, in the case of an eponym, the name of an individual who has been closely identified with the pathologic problem. Such terms remind us that the medicine of today is not entirely the work of our contemporaries. The article illustrates many of the common colloquial terms applied to fractures and musculoskeletal injuries seen in everyday practice. Wherever possible, the illustrations and definitions are based on the original descriptions of the injuries.

© RSNA, 2004

Index Terms: Bones, injuries • Extremities, injuries • Fractures

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