Buerger's disease
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(Redirected from Thrombangiitis obliterans)
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Also known as thrombangiitis obliterans. It causes acute inflammation and thrombosis of arteries and veins in hands and feet. It usually affects young (30s) male smokers .
Symptoms
- Foot claudication
- peripheral gangrene
Diagnosis
Treatment
It will stabilise if patient stops smoking
