Pierre Charles Huguier

Pierre Charles Huguier (1804-1873) was a French surgeon and gynecologist who was a native of Sézanne. In 1834 he received his medical doctorate at Paris, and became known for his work as a surgeon at the Hôpital Beaujon.

Huguier is remembered for his pioneer work with genitourinary diseases such as lymphogranuloma venereum, and uterine fibroma, which was historically called "Huguier's disease". He provided an early description of the anastomosis around the isthmus of the uterus, which is sometimes referred to as "Huguier's circle". His name is also lent to two anatomical structures associated with the ear:
* "Huguier's canal", or the "anterior canaliculus of chorda tympani": A canal at the medial end of the petrotympanic fissure, through which the chorda tympani nerve exits the tympanic cavity. Also known as the "canal of Huguier", or "iter chordae anterius".
* "Huguier's sinus": or the "fossula fenestrae vestibuli": A depression on the medial wall of the middle ear which has the vestibular window in its lower portion. Also called the little fossa of the vestibular window.

Selected Writings

* "Mémoire sur les appareils sécréteurs des organes génitaux externes chez la femme et chez les animaux". Extrait des Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Avril 1850.
* "Mémoire sur les kystes de la matrice et sur les kystes folliculaires du vagin". Lu à la Société de Chirurgie le 5 mai 1847.
* "Mémoire sur les maladies des appareils sécréteurs des organes génitaux externes de la femme". Extrait des Mémoires de l'Academie Nationale de Médecine. 1850
* "Mémoire sur l'esthiomène, ou darte rongeante de la région vulvo-anale". Extrait du tome XIV des Mémoires d l'Academie Nationale de Médecine. 1849

References

* [http://www.bartleby.com/107/230.html Bartleby.com, The Middle Ear or Tympanic Cavity]
* [http://cancerweb.ncl.ac.uk/cgi-bin/omd?Huguier,+Pierre Online Medical Dictionary, Definitions of Eponyms]
* [http://books.google.com/books?id=f1JM1jMLHAgC&pg=PA861&lpg=PA861&dq=huguier+lymphogranuloma&source=web&ots=--XqBQk4P4&sig=3V0ZTfFq5pCzOb2yvWrf6LmRY-s Dates in Obstetrics & Gynecology, Google Books]
* [http://books.google.com/books?id=bwbCVCFPNI4C&pg=PA189&lpg=PA189&dq=Huguier+1804+Beaujon&source=web&ots=yHzPVmOG1i&sig=EiGMsfIFy9e-SanuKGM9k3ZW3iE&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=1&ct=result Dictionary of Medical Eponyms]