Thromboangiitis Obliterans (Buerger's Disease) with Intestinal Involvement

1 June 1998

journal article
case report
Published by SAGE Publications in Angiology

Vol. 49 (6) , 489-492
https://doi.org/10.1177/000331979804900611

Abstract

Thromboangiitis obliterans (TAO) or Buerger's disease is a nonatherosclerotic vascular disease of unknown etiology that occurs almost exclusively in young male tobacco users. The involvement of the medium-sized and small arteries and veins leads to ischemic complaints and trophic changes in the limbs. The authors report a case of Buerger's disease in a 29-year-old man, a heavy smoker, affecting the lower limbs and mesenteric vessels.

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