RT Book, Section
A1 Doherty, Gerard M.
SR Print(0)
ID 58104927
T1 Buerger Disease
T2 Quick Answers Surgery
YR 2010
FD 2010
PB The McGraw-Hill Companies
PP New York, NY
SN 
LK accesssurgery.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=58104927
RD 2024/04/23
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