06:26 Nov 5 

Frantisek Ch. 1835-1884, known for Chvostek's sign in tetany seen in hypocalcemia (Facialis phenomenon)
His son Franz Ch. 1864-1944, known for Chvostek's symptom- this is the term for changes of secondary hair growht occuring in chronic hepatitis, liver cirrhosis.

Habitus - celkový charakter ; výzor, vzhľad, tvárnosť

Habitus - general physical state, the general appearance, posture or physical state of a patient espacially with regard to sesceptibility to disease.

15:04 Nov 4 

http://www.bmj.com/cgi/issue_pdf/admin_pdf/2/832.pdf this is interesting (search for Chvostek)

14:58 Nov 4 

Chvostek habitus -hypotrofia končatinoveho svalstava (hypotrofia-obmedzenie vzrastu niektorych organov alebo ich časti)
Chvostek sign of tetany (sign of low serum calcium)
Those are two dif. med. terms. We were debating hypotrofia before many times. Hypotrofia nie je len podvyziva.

14:56 Nov 4 

I think it is the first one in that case - basically this chap has an insufficient calcium intake associated with malnutrition and the Chvostek sign test (which is a normal part of the initial testing procedure, i.e. tapping on the cheek to elicit a spasm, is positive). His overall 'habitus', i.e. enlarged belly, etc, is derived from this malnutrition (or alcoholism, as the case may be), and the Chvostek sign is a part of the whole picture.

14:16 Nov 4 

this is all I can find: tzv. Chvostekov habitus (hypotrofia končatinového svalstva a typický pavúčí výzor s vpadnutými očami, podvýživou, gynekomastiou a zväčšeným bruchom, v ktorom sa obyčajne nachádza ascites)
http://www.gastroenterolog.com/cirhoza.htm

12:55 Nov 4 

I'm assuming that "Chvostekov habitus" is the correct term in Slovak (have found one Google for it). Perhaps it's the same thing as "Chvostekov fenomén".