Saint's triad

Saint's triad is a medical eponym used to describe the concurrence of the following:
 * 1) Cholelithiasis
 * 2) Hiatal Hernia
 * 3) Diverticular Disease

History
Saint's triad is named after the South African surgeon C.F.M. Saint who emphasized the importance of considering the possibility of multiple separate diseases in a patient whenever his or her history and the results of the physical examination were atypical of any single condition. There is no pathophysiological basis for the coexistence of these three diseases. This, perhaps, was the point. Saint emphasized that more than one disease may be responsible for a patient's clinical signs and symptoms.