title: Multiple ulcers with perforation of the small intestine in buerger's disease: a case report.
abstract: We present the case of a young man with Buerger's disease that involved the gastrointestinal tract. The patient experienced sudden onset of abdominal pain during the period of treatment for peripheral manifestations. Radiographic workup revealed free air in the abdomen. A laparotomy was performed, and the resected specimen revealed regularly distanced and multiple ulcers in proximity of the perforation, which was accompanied by occluded intramural arteries of the small intestine. Although visceral localization of Buerger's disease is unusual, several cases have been previously reported. Nevertheless, the manifestation of regularly distanced skip intestinal ulcers in Buerger's disease is apparently unique. In addition, detailed pathological findings delineated this rare condition.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathalogy, Kyorin University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan. akurata@kyroin-u.ac.jp
authors.forename: Atsushi
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kurata
authors.forename: Takahiro
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Nonaka
authors.forename: Yasuo
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Arimura
authors.forename: Masao
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nunokawa
authors.forename: Yuichi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Terado
authors.forename: Kenichi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Sudo
authors.forename: Yasunori
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Fujioka
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000894:Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal / Q000009:adverse effects; D006801:Humans; D007077:Ileal Diseases / Q000473:pathology*; D007410:Intestinal Diseases / Q000473:pathology*; D007416:Intestinal Perforation / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D013919:Thromboangiitis Obliterans / Q000473:pathology*; D014456:Ulcer / Q000473:pathology*
chemical_list: D000894:Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal