On Being a Pathologist: Maria Dąbska - the woman behind the eponym, a pioneer in pathology

Tribute to Dr Maria Dąbska

“…From your recent editorials, we have learned that on June 13, Dr Maria Magdalena Dąbska celebrated her 90th year [1]. For our whole lives, we have been careful readers of Dr Dąbska's works and always admired her stamina [2].…”

Eponyms in the dermatology literature linked to Poland

“…Dąbska tumor (DT) [4] It is a rare, low-grade angiosarcoma that often affects the skin of children. It is named after, Maria Dąbska, a Polish pathologist, born 1920, (Fig.…”

A curtain across Central Europe: physicians unheard, accomplishments unrecognized

“…Pathologist Maria Dąbska (1921-present) served in the Home Army as a combatant during the heroic 63-day Warsaw Resurrection Uprising of 1944, in which more than 200 000 civilians and members of the Polish Home Army were killed [2]. She survived deportation to Germany and went on to an illustrious medical career behind the Iron Curtain, earning her international acclaim for an angiosarcoma, she described [3], often referred to as the Dąbska tumor [4].…”