Trial of iloprost versus aspirin treatment for critical limb ischemia of thromboangiitis obliterans
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Critical Limb Ischemia in a Young Man: Saddle Embolism or Unusual Presentation of Thromboangiitis Obliterans?
Thromboangiitis obliterans (TAO), also known as Buerger's disease, is a rare cause of peripheral arterial disease in western countries. Tobacco smoking is strongly correlated to the pathogenesis of this inflammatory vascular disease. We report the case of a 32-year-old tobacco and cannabis consumer presenting with right critical limb ischemia. Computerized tomography angiography revealed a bila...
متن کاملThromboangiitis 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...
متن کاملThromboangiitis obliterans.
Thromboangiitis obliterans (TAO) has been a recognized clinical entity for more than half a century (Buerger, 1908). Distal arterial occlusive disease and/or recurrent superficial thrombophlebitis occurring in an adult male smoker, in the absence of known cause, constitutes a distinctive and unmistakable syndrome (Brown, Allen, and Mahorner, 1928). However, the existence of this disorder has be...
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A stroke due to vascular occlusion in a young person can raise many diagnostic and prognostic problems. In the following case report hemiplegia of sudden onset occurred in a young man followed by partial recovery without a definite diagnosis being made, despite full investigation. Further progression of the disease leading to death two years later enabled a complete pathological investigation t...
متن کاملThromboangiitis obliterans (Buerger's disease)
Thromboangiitis Obliterans is a non-atherosclerotic inflammatory disease of unknown etiology, which has a strong association with tobacco. We present current concepts on the pathophysiology and diagnosis, as well as a review in treatments.
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Vascular Surgery
سال: 1991
ISSN: 0741-5214
DOI: 10.1016/0741-5214(91)90070-b