Buerger's Disease
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Buerger's Disease Risk Factors
Risk factors for Buerger's disease include:
Smoking
Family history of Buerger's disease
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Buerger's Disease Symptoms
Related Conditions
Atherosclerosis
Peripheral vascular disease
Raynaud's disease
Takayasu's arteritis
Vascular occlusion
Foot numbness (both feet)
Foot pain
Hand numbness (bilateral)
Hand pain (bilateral)
Leg pain (bilateral)
Skin ulcers
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Last Updated: Oct 30, 2007
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Buerger's Disease References:
Abi-Saleh B, Chirculescu C, Eggleston KL, Takubo T Jr, Byrd RP Jr, Roy TM. Buerger's disease and pulmonary hypertension: a rare association? Tenn Med. 2005 Jan;98(1):37-8, 42.
Bozkurt AK, Besirli K, Koksal C, Sirin G, Yuceyar L, Tuzun H, Sayin AG. Surgical treatment of Buerger's disease. Vascular. 2004 May-Jun;12(3):192-7.
Cooper LT, Tse TS, Mikhail MA, et al. Long-term survival and amputation risk in thromboangiitis obliterans (Buerger's disease). J Am Coll Cardiol. 2004 Dec 21;44(12):2410-1.
Naito AT, Minamino T, Tateno K, Nagai T, Komuro I. Steroid-responsive thromboangiitis obliterans. Lancet. 2004 Sep 18-24;364(9439):1098.
