title: Thromboangiitis obliterans with eosinophilia (Buerger's disease) of the temporal arteries.
abstract: Thromboangiitis obliterans (Buerger's disease) is a nonatherosclerotic, inflammatory, occlusive vascular disease occurring almost exclusively in young male smokers. It involves principally medium sized and small arteries and veins of the lower and upper extremities, and only rarely the visceral and cerebral blood vessels. Buerger's disease of the temporal arteries, unassociated with the involvement of blood vessels of either the upper or lower extremities has not been previously reported. Three such cases, clinically mimicking the classic (giant cell) temporal arteritis of the elderly, are described. This unusual arterial lesion also bears some resemblance to subcutaneous angiolymphoid hyperplasia with eosinophilia (Kimura's disease).
authors: Department of Pathology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN 55905.
authors: J T
authors: JT
authors: Lie
authors: C J
authors: CJ
authors: Michet
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D004804:Eosinophils / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011241:Prednisone / Q000627:therapeutic use; D012907:Smoking; D013699:Temporal Arteries; D013919:Thromboangiitis Obliterans / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology*; D014786:Vision Disorders / Q000209:etiology
chemical_list: D011241:Prednisone