Two female nonsmoker Buerger's disease cases with anticardiolipin autoantibodies and a poor prognosis.
We present two female nonsmoker Buerger's disease cases with anticardiolipin autoantibodies and a poor prognosis. One was a 64-year-old female who has had multiple lower and upper extremity amputations, while the other was a 32-year-old female with extremity and visceral artery involvement. Since both were positive for anticardiolipin antibodies, we speculate that Buerger's disease is an autoimmune disorder.
Heper
Gulumser
G
Department of Cardiology, Social Security Hospital, Ankara, Turkey.
Kose
Sedat
S
Akkoc
Ozkan
O
Amasyali
Basri
B
Kilic
Ayhan
A
D000328:Adult; D000792:Angiography; D017153:Antibodies, Anticardiolipin / Q000097:blood*; D001323:Autoantibodies / Q000097:blood; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D011379:Prognosis; D012077:Renal Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D013919:Thromboangiitis Obliterans / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000276:immunology*; D017535:Ulnar Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging
D017153:Antibodies, Anticardiolipin; D001323:Autoantibodies