Buergers disease: Difference between revisions
| Line 26: | Line 26: | ||
==Features== | ==Features== | ||
There is a recurrent acute and chronic [[inflammation]] and [[thrombosis]] of [[artery|arteries]] and [[vein]]s of the hands and feet. The main symptom is [[Pain and nociception|pain]] in the affected areas. [[Ulceration]]s and [[gangrene]] in the extremities are common [[Complication (medicine)|complication]]s, often resulting in the need for [[amputation]] of the involved extremity. | There is a recurrent acute and chronic [[inflammation]] and [[thrombosis]] of [[artery|arteries]] and [[vein]]s of the hands and feet. The main symptom is [[Pain and nociception|pain]] in the affected areas. [[Ulceration]]s and [[gangrene]] in the extremities are common [[Complication (medicine)|complication]]s, often resulting in the need for [[amputation]] of the involved extremity. | ||
==Diagnostic Findings== | ==Diagnostic Findings== | ||
Revision as of 21:50, 29 August 2012
For patient information click here
| Buerger's disease | ||
 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Buerger's Disease of the Hand | ||
| ICD-10 | I73.1 | |
| ICD-9 | 443.1 | |
| OMIM | 211480 | |
| DiseasesDB | 1762 | |
| MeSH | C14.907.137.870 | |
|
Buerger's disease Microchapters |
|
Diagnosis |
|---|
|
Treatment |
|
Case Studies |
|
Buergers disease On the Web |
|
American Roentgen Ray Society Images of Buergers disease |
Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]
Synonyms and keywords: Thromboangiitis obliterans
- Not to be confused with Berger's disease (IgA nephropathy)
Overview
Features
There is a recurrent acute and chronic inflammation and thrombosis of arteries and veins of the hands and feet. The main symptom is pain in the affected areas. Ulcerations and gangrene in the extremities are common complications, often resulting in the need for amputation of the involved extremity.
Diagnostic Findings
-
Thromboangiitis Obliterans (Buerger's disease): Arterial vascular disease associated with smoking. Note the blackened tips of middle and pinky fingers.
(Image courtesy of Charlie Goldberg, M.D.)
Treatment
Symptoms are treated as there is no treatment for the disease. Cessation of tobacco use may slow any further progression of the disease. Vascular surgery can sometimes be helpful in treating limbs with poor perfusion secondary to this disease. Use of vascular growth factor and stem cell injections have been showing promise in clinical studies.
References
External Links
de:Endangiitis obliterans
he:מחלת בירגר
nl:Ziekte van Buerger
sv:Morbus Buerger