Buerger's disease affecting mesenteric arteries: a rare cause of intestinal ischemia--a case report
Siddiqui, M.Z.; Reis, E.D.; Soundararajan, K.; Kerstein, M.D.
Vascular Surgery 35(3): 235-238
2001
ISSN/ISBN: 0042-2835 PMID: 11452353 Document Number: 526985
Buerger's disease is a recurrent, inflammatory, segmental, vasoocclusive disease. Typically, the disease affects middle-aged male smokers and involves arteries and veins of extremities. Buerger's disease involving visceral vessels is rare. The authors report on a 51-year-old man with peripheral arterial disease and recurrent intestinal ischemia secondary to Buerger's disease. Clinical and histopathologic features of this case illustrate the life-threatening nature of visceral involvement in Buerger's disease.