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thromboangiitis obliterans (Buerger disease)

unknown etiology
young males (under 40 y/o)
a/w heavy cigarette smoking
panarteritis with thrombotic occlusion
- medium + small arteries of extremities
- foot + calf aa. most often, also knee + SFA
- +/- mesenteric vessels

Charles E. Kahn, Jr., MD - 2 February 1995
Last updated: 1 October 2013