Treatment of multiple refractory ankle ulcerations in thromboangiitis obliterans
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Thromboangiitis obliterans.
Case presentation: A 39-year-old male smoker with a 2-year history of calf discomfort on ambulation culminating in left femoral-to-peroneal artery bypass presented with right leg discomfort and recurrent painful subcutaneous nodules on his feet and calves. Biopsy of a nodule from his right foot was interpreted as vasculitis with thrombosis and fibrinoid necrosis in subcutaneous vessels, and the...
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Thromboangiitis obliterans or Buerger's disease is a segmental occlusive inflammatory condition of arteries and veins, characterized by thrombosis and recanalization of the affected vessels. It is a non-atherosclerotic inflammatory disease affecting small and medium sized arteries and veins of upper and lower extremities. The clinical criteria include: age under 45 years; current or recent hist...
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عنوان ژورنال: Medicine
سال: 2018
ISSN: 0025-7974
DOI: 10.1097/md.0000000000010798