Ulysse Trélat (13 August 1828,
Paris
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– 28 March 1890) was a French
surgeon
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remembered for describing the
Leser–Trélat sign
The Leser–Trélat sign is the explosive onset of multiple seborrheic keratoses (many pigmented skin lesions), often with an inflammation, inflammatory base. This can be a sign of internal malignancy as part of a paraneoplastic syndrome. In addit ...
.
He was the son of an
Army
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physician
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, also named
Ulysse Trélat (1795–1879). He received his education from his father, from
Philippe-Frédéric Blandin,
Auguste Nélaton and
Philibert Joseph Roux
Philibert Joseph Roux (April 26, 1780 – March 24, 1854) was a French surgeon born in Auxerre.
Trained as a military surgeon, he later moved to Paris, where he was a student and friend of Xavier Bichat (1771–1802). In 1806, he became ...
. He graduated
Doctor of Medicine
Doctor of Medicine (abbreviated M.D., from the Latin language, Latin ''Medicinae Doctor'') is a medical degree, the meaning of which varies between different jurisdictions. In the United States, and some other countries, the M.D. denotes a profes ...
in 1854, became
prosector
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in 1855 and
agrégé in 1857. He became surgeon in 1860, chief of surgery at ''Paris Maternité'' in 1864 and professor of clinical surgery at the
Hôpital Necker.
With military physician
Anacharsis Baizeau (1821–1910), the eponymous "Baizeau and Trélat's method" is named, which is a surgical procedure for repair of a clefted
soft palate
The soft palate (also known as the velum, palatal velum, or muscular palate) is, in mammals, the soft tissue constituting the back of the roof of the mouth. The soft palate is part of the palate of the mouth; the other part is the hard palate. ...
. With surgeon
Pierre Delbet
Pierre Delbet (15 November 1861 – 17 July 1957) was a French surgeon born in La Ferté-Gaucher.
Biography
In 1889 he received his medical doctorate, and in 1909 became a professor of clinical surgery in Paris. In 1921 he became a member of ...
(1861–1925), he published ''Clinique chirurgicale'' (1891).
Pierre Delbet, bibliography
@ Who Named It
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References
External links
French surgeons
1828 births
1890 deaths
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