Thromboangiitis obliterans (Buerger disease)
Thromboangiitis obliterans (Buerger disease) is an occlusive, nonatherosclerotic, inflammatory vasculitis that causes ischemia in small and medium vessels. Most commonly, Buerger disease is diagnosed in 40- to 45-year-old men with a heavy smoking history. Our case exemplifies the most common present...
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| description | Thromboangiitis obliterans (Buerger disease) is an occlusive, nonatherosclerotic, inflammatory vasculitis that causes ischemia in small and medium vessels. Most commonly, Buerger disease is diagnosed in 40- to 45-year-old men with a heavy smoking history. Our case exemplifies the most common presentation, diagnosis, and treatment in a 53-year-old male smoker who presents with arm pain and dusky cool fingers. A Buerger diagnosis requires exclusion of autoimmune, diabetic, and embolic causes. The only recognized treatment for this disease is smoking cessation. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-55866f4a55e144fa81bf98d51151f3532022-12-22T03:32:04ZengElsevierRadiology Case Reports1930-04332015-10-0110391110.1016/j.radcr.2015.06.003Thromboangiitis obliterans (Buerger disease)Jessica Seebald, BS0Lyndon Gritters, MD1Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine, 1858 W Grandview Blvd, Erie, PA 16509, USADepartment of Radiology, WCA hospital, Jamestown, NY, USAThromboangiitis obliterans (Buerger disease) is an occlusive, nonatherosclerotic, inflammatory vasculitis that causes ischemia in small and medium vessels. Most commonly, Buerger disease is diagnosed in 40- to 45-year-old men with a heavy smoking history. Our case exemplifies the most common presentation, diagnosis, and treatment in a 53-year-old male smoker who presents with arm pain and dusky cool fingers. A Buerger diagnosis requires exclusion of autoimmune, diabetic, and embolic causes. The only recognized treatment for this disease is smoking cessation.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1930043315300078Thromboangiitis obliteransBuerger diseaseDigital subtraction angiography |
| spellingShingle | Jessica Seebald, BS Lyndon Gritters, MD Thromboangiitis obliterans (Buerger disease) Radiology Case Reports Thromboangiitis obliterans Buerger disease Digital subtraction angiography |
| title | Thromboangiitis obliterans (Buerger disease) |
| title_full | Thromboangiitis obliterans (Buerger disease) |
| title_fullStr | Thromboangiitis obliterans (Buerger disease) |
| title_full_unstemmed | Thromboangiitis obliterans (Buerger disease) |
| title_short | Thromboangiitis obliterans (Buerger disease) |
| title_sort | thromboangiitis obliterans buerger disease |
| topic | Thromboangiitis obliterans Buerger disease Digital subtraction angiography |
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