Brain infarction in a young patient with Buerger's disease - a case of cerebral thromboangiitis obliterans
Articles > Article · 2016
Authors: Elcin Aydin, Celal ÇİNAR, HALİL BOZKAYA, İsmail ORAN
NEUROLOGY ASIA, Journal Indexed in SCI Expanded, International, 2016, vol 21, pp 389-391
Summary
Buerger's disease (BD) or thromboangiitis obliterans is a vasculitis that most commonly affects the small and medium-sized arteries and veins in the extremities. 1 It is most frequently seen in the young men who smoke and is associated with low socioeconomic status. BD is diagnosed on the basis of the clinical findings; the pathogenesis is not completely be understood. 1-4 In this report, we aim to present the clinical, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and angiographic findings of a 30-year-old man with ischemic stroke as a rare complication of BD.