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Bookmark or Share- Buerger disease - Symptoms and causes - Mayo ClinicBuerger disease is usually first seen in the feet. It may eventually affect the blood vessels of the hand. Blood clots may form in the small veins of the arms and legs. People who get Buerger disease almost always smoke cigarettes or use other forms of tobacco, such as chewing tobacco.
- Buerger's Disease - Johns Hopkins Vasculitis CenterThis disease was first reported by Buerger in 1908, who described a disease in which the characteristic pathologic findings — acute inflammation and thrombosis (clotting) of arteries and veins — affected the hands and feet. Another name for Buerger’s Disease is thromboangiitis obliterans.
- Buerger disease - Diagnosis and treatment - Mayo ClinicBuerger disease causes a severe lack of blood flow, which can damage skin tissue or cause it to die. Surgery may be needed to remove an arm or leg that's infected or has dead tissue. This surgery is called amputation.
- Buerger’s Disease: Symptoms, Causes & Treatment - Cleveland ClinicBuerger’s disease (thromboangiitis obliterans) is a rare disease most often found in those who smoke. The blood vessels in their legs, arms, feet and hands get inflamed, making it hard for blood to travel through.
- Buerger's disease - Symptoms, diagnosis and treatment - BMJ Best PracticeBuerger's disease is a non-atherosclerotic vasculitis resulting in segmental occlusions of small and medium-sized arteries, commonly affecting the lower limbs of young men who smoke. A hypercellular thrombus fills the lumen.
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