Friday, December 07, 2012

Buerguer's Disease


Disorder
Vasculitis
Epidemiology/Etiology
Clinical/Laboratory Findings
Thromboangiitis obliterans (Buerger's disease)
Medium-sized vessel vasculitis with digital vessel thrombosis
Men 25-50 years of age who smoke cigarettes
Foot claudication, Raynaud's phenomenon, ulceration, gangrene

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Complete occlusion of the right and stenosis of the left femoral artery are seen in a case of thromboangiitis obliterans

Source Goljan, Wikipedia

 

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