Intestinal type of thromboangiitis obliterans (Buerger disease) preceding symptoms of severe peripheral arterial disease

P E Arkkila; A Kahri; M Färkkilä

Intestinal type of thromboangiitis obliterans (Buerger disease) preceding symptoms of severe peripheral arterial disease

Scand J Gastroenterol. 2001 Jun;36(6):669-72.

Authors

P E Arkkila¹, A Kahri, M Färkkilä

Affiliation

¹ Dept. of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, Helsinki University Central Hospital, Haartmaninkatu 4, FIN-00029 Helsinki, Finland. perttu.arkkila@hus.fi

PMID: 11424329

Abstract

The case of a 50-year-old man with intestinal type thromboangiitis obliterans (Buerger disease) is reported. Intestinal manifestations included stricture and perforation of the colon, and these preceded any symptoms of peripheral vascular disease. Only the histological examination was able to show that our patient had the intestinal type of thromboangiitis obliterans.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Colon / blood supply*
Colon / pathology
Colonic Diseases / diagnosis*
Colonic Diseases / pathology
Constriction, Pathologic / pathology
Humans
Intestinal Obstruction / pathology
Male
Middle Aged
Thromboangiitis Obliterans / diagnosis*
Thromboangiitis Obliterans / pathology