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)