title: [Buerger's disease starting in the upper extremity. A favorable response to nifedipine treatment combined with stopping tobacco use].
abstract: A case of a 38-year-old smoker male who had vasoconstriction and instep claudication of the right hand, is presented. After a year of evolution, he experienced the same alteration on the left foot. He was diagnosed as suffering from thromboangiitis obliterans, by means of angiography. After oral nifedipine treatment, combined with cessation of smoking, all symptoms and trophics regressed.
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Medicina Interna y Dermatología, Hospital Nuestra Señora del Prado, Talavera de la Reina, Toledo.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Palomo Arellano
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Gómez Tello
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Parilla Herranz
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Castilla Plaza
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Marcos Sánchez
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Durán Pérez-Navarro
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001132:Arm / Q000098:blood supply; D006801:Humans; D007866:Leg / Q000098:blood supply; D008297:Male; D009543:Nifedipine / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D012074:Remission Induction; D000074606:Smoking Prevention; D013919:Thromboangiitis Obliterans / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy*
chemical_list: D009543:Nifedipine
vernacular_title: Enfermedad de Buerger de inicio en extremidad superior. Respuesta favorable al tratamiento con nifedipina asociado a la supresión del tabaco.