Diseases

Thromboangiitis Obliterans

A non-atherosclerotic, inflammatory thrombotic disease that commonly involves small and medium-sized arteries or veins in the extremities. It is characterized by occlusive THROMBOSIS and FIBROSIS in the vascular wall leading to digital and limb ISCHEMIA and ulcerations. Thromboangiitis obliterans is highly associated with tobacco smoking.

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A non-atherosclerotic, inflammatory thrombotic disease that commonly involves small and medium-sized arteries or veins in the extremities. It is characterized by occlusive THROMBOSIS and FIBROSIS in the vascular wall leading to digital and limb ISCHEMIA and ulcerations. Thromboangiitis obliterans is highly associated with tobacco smoking.

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  • Buerger Disease
  • Buerger's Disease
  • Thromboangitis Obliterans
  • Buergers Disease
  • Disease, Buerger
  • Disease, Buerger's

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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Thromboangiitis Obliterans. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D013919. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D013919
  2. Thromboangiitis Obliterans. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thromboangiitis_obliterans
  3. Thromboangiitis Obliterans. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q746001