[Diagnostic image (195). A man with blue finger tips].
A 42-year-old man had ischaemia of three fingers of his left hand caused by thromboangiitis obliterans (Buerger's disease).
Martini Ziekenhuis, locatie Van Swieten, afd. Interne Geneeskunde, Postbus 30.033, 9700 RM Groningen.
P A M
PA
de Vries
K M
KM
van Tol
D000328:Adult; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005385:Fingers / Q000098:blood supply / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D016285:Iloprost / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D007511:Ischemia / Q000150:complications; D008297:Male; D012907:Smoking / Q000009:adverse effects*; D013919:Thromboangiitis Obliterans / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy; D014665:Vasodilator Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*
D014665:Vasodilator Agents; D016285:Iloprost