Intestinal involvement in Buerger's disease.
Thromboangiitis obliterans characteristically affects small- and medium-sized vessels of the limbs in young smokers. There is some controversy about the existence of visceral localizations of the disease. The case of a patient with a well-established diagnosis of thromboangiitis obliterans who presented with mesenteric ischemia is described and the literature concerning mesenteric involvement in the disease is reviewed.
Hassoun
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Department of Gastroenterology, Cliniques Universitaires de Mont-Godinne, Université Catholique de Louvain, Yvoir, Belgium.
Lacrosse
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De Ronde
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D005121:Extremities / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D007511:Ischemia / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008297:Male; D008641:Mesenteric Vascular Occlusion / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008875:Middle Aged; D011859:Radiography; D013152:Splanchnic Circulation; D013919:Thromboangiitis Obliterans / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*