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Mesenteric Buerger's Disease

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Annals of Vascular Surgery

A young male patient with a history of heavy smoking and low-extremity Buerger's disease was operated on because of small bowel infarction. The postoperative histopathological diagnosis was mesenteric involvement of Buerger's disease. Mesenteric Buerger's disease is extremely rare, the early diagnosis is difficult, and the prognosis is poor. Considering the difficulty in diagnosis and the poor prognosis, patients with Buerger's disease presenting with gastrointestinal manifestations should be carefully evaluated, and early surgical intervention is recommended.

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  1. Department of Surgery, Asan Kangnung Hospital, Kangnung, Korea, , , , , , KR

    Yong Pil Cho

  2. Department of Diagnostic Pathology, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea, , , , , , KR

    Young Mi Kwon

  3. Department of Vascular Surgery, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea, , , , , , KR

    Tae Won Kwon & Geun Eun Kim

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Cho, Y., Kwon, Y., Kwon, T. et al. Mesenteric Buerger's Disease . Ann Vasc Surg 17, 221–223 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10016-001-0220-7

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