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Multiple Organ Manifestations in Thromboangiitis Obliterans (Buerger's Disease) A Case Report

2nd Medical Clinic, University of Kiel, Kiel, Germany

Stefan Müller-Huelsbeck, M.D.

Department of Radiology, University of Kiel, Kiel, Germany

Dieter Regensburger, M.D.

Department of Cardiovascular Surgery of the University of Kiel, Kiel, Germany

Helmut Loeffler, M.D.

2nd Medical Clinic, University of Kiel, Kiel, Germany

Thromboangiitis obliterans (TAO) occurs almost exclusively in young male smokers. Its involvement of the small and medium-sized arteries and veins leads to ischemic complaints and/or changes in the extremities. The possibility of organ involvement is a matter of controversy. The authors report a case of TAO with multiple organ involvement, including myocardial, splenic, and cerebral infarctions; pulmonary embolisms; and probable intestinal ischemia during a twenty-three-year course.

Angiology, Vol. 47, No. 4, 419-425 (1996)
DOI: 10.1177/000331979604700415


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