Thromboangiitis Obliterans (Buerger's Disease)

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Thromboangiitis obliterans (Buerger's disease) is a nonatherosclerotic segmental inflammatory disease that most commonly affects the small and medium-sized arteries, veins, and nerves of the arms and legs.1 Von Winiwarter first described a patient with thromboangiitis obliterans in 1879.2 Twenty-nine years later, Leo Buerger provided a detailed and accurate description of the pathological findings in 11 amputated limbs.3 Thromboangiitis obliterans differs from other forms of vasculitis in some important ways. Pathologically, there is a highly cellular and inflammatory thrombus with relative sparing of the blood-vessel wall. The acute-phase reactants (as assessed by the Westergren sedimentation rate and serum C-reactive protein level) . . .

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