TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Buerger Disease A1 - Doherty, Gerard M. PY - 2010 T2 - Quick Answers Surgery AB - • Also known as thromboangiitis obliterans-Characterized as multiple segmental small arteries occlusions in distal extremities• Involves all 3 layers of arterial wall with infiltration of round cells• Healing of lesion results in fibrous obliteration of lumen in segmental fashion• Upper and lower extremities affected• Many patients have specific cellular immunity against arterial antigens and elevated immune complexes SN - PB - The McGraw-Hill Companies CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/04/19 UR - accesssurgery.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=58104927 ER -