English Explanatory Dictionary

Heerfordt syndrome

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A rare form of sarcoidosis, with symptoms including uveitis, swelling of the parotid gland, chronic fever, and sometimes palsy of the facial nerves.

Word forms

Heerfordt syndrome

Etymology

First described in 1909 by Danish ophthalmologist Christian Frederick Heerfordt.

Synonyms

Heerfordt-Mylius syndrome Heerfordt-Waldenström syndrome uveoparotid fever Waldenström's uveoparotitis
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