Mariano Rafael Ezequiel Pompeyo Castex Torres, Argentine physician (Buenos Aires 10 April 1886 – Buenos Aires 30 June 1968)
ACHIEVEMENTS
Described hepatic reticular necrosis in prolonged obstruent jaundice
Discovered ampullar cicatricial origin of spontaneous non-tuberclous hemopneumothorax
Described clinical triad of pneumothorax
Described thoracobrachial sore sign of bronchogenic cancer and late postoperative atelectasis
Described ischemic pathogeny of giant ampulllar emphysema
Discovered the meaning of the splitting of the first cardiac sound in bundle branch block
With Pavlovsky & C. Simonetti described a new B hemophilia (1944)
With Eduardo Capdehourat developed a new method of bronchopulmonary therapeutic employing nebulized antibiotics
With N. Romano a new method of permanent drain in tuberculous meningitis
With Luis Camponovo & Francisco Labour the action of succinic acid as breathing stimulant
EPONYMY
Castex sign or Castex-Camauer-Bator in post-encephalic parkinsonism
Castex purpurae or neurological purpurae
Castex murmur (systolic murmur in acute infarction of myocardium)
Atelectatic sign of lungs (Castex-Palacio-Mazzei sign)
Castex-Palacio-Mazzei thoracic brachial syndrome
HONORS
Honorary President, International Society of Internal Medicine
Foreign Associate Member, Academie de Medecine de Paris
Doctor Honoris Causa, Université de Paris