Thromboangiitis Obliterans with Ulcer and Pain of the Toes.
- Author:
Jiehyun JEON
1
;
Jeong Eun KIM
;
Hae Jun SONG
;
Chil Hwan OH
Author Information
1. Department of Dermatology, College of Medicine, Korea University, Seoul, Korea. mdsmart@medimail.co.kr
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Thromboangiitis obliterans;
Ulcer
- MeSH:
Angiography;
Arteries;
Chronic Pain;
Diagnosis;
Gangrene;
Humans;
Leg Ulcer;
Male;
Smoke;
Thromboangiitis Obliterans*;
Toes*;
Ulcer*;
Veins
- From:Korean Journal of Dermatology
2006;44(6):745-747
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
The evaluation and management of leg ulcers, which include various etiologic factors, is a quintessential task of dermatologists. Thromboangiitis obliterans (Buerger's disease) is an inflammatory segmental obliterative disease of small-to-medium arteries and veins, and occurs predominantly in young men who smoke. Clinical findings include painful ulcers and gangrene with impaired or no peripheral arterial pulses. The Doppler sonogram and angiography are useful modalities for diagnosis. We present a patient with a chronic painful toe ulcer, who was diagnosed as having thromboangiitis obliterans from radiologic findings.
