Isidoro Caplan, Argentine anatomist (Buenos Aires 01 March 1933 – 07 February 1992)
Made original and detailed research into lymphatic topography
Described some new nodes in the lymphatic system of the mammary gland and presented also a new classification of the axillary lymphatic nodes from an anatomical point of view
Described new collecting tubes and lymphatic ganglia from thyroid gland
Developed a Gerota-based technique for studying lymphatic system
DESCRIBED NEW STRUCTURES IN LYMPHATIC SYSTEM
Investigación de las corrientes linfoganglionares de la glandula tiroides. Su importância anatomo-clinico-quirurgica. Rev. Argent. Cir. 52:32, 1987
Linfaticos de la glandula mamaria. Estudio e investigación del pedículo interno o mediatinal. Experiencia de 200 casos (1973)
El sistema linfatico de la glândula mamaria. (A proposito de 300 casos). Bol. Trab. Soc. Arg. Cir. XL (21-22):330-42,
EPONYMY
Caplan ganglion
Caplan or triccipital pathway
Caplan posterior axillary underchain
HONOURS
Docteur Honoris Causa, La Vrije Universiteit Brussel (1990)