TY  - BOOK
AU  - Naqvi, Haider A
TI  - Ischemic Colitis in Buerger's Disease: Case Presentation and Review
SN  - 2168-8184
PY  - 2020///
KW  - IN PROCESS -- NOT YET INDEXED
KW  - MedStar Union Memorial Hospital
KW  - Internal Medicine
KW  - Case Reports
N2  - Buerger's disease is a type of vasculitis that predominantly affects small to medium arteries and the veins of the upper and lower extremities.  Intestinal vessels are rarely involved. This is a case report of a 38-year-old male, smoker, with known Buerger's disease who was found to have ischemic  colitis of the sigmoid colon on biopsy and inferior mesenteric artery occlusion on computed tomography (CT) angiography. Intestinal ischemia is a rare  complication in Buerger's disease. Patients may present with vague abdominal symptoms. Given the very low incidence of intestinal involvement, social  history and clinical correlation are of chief importance for early detection. Smoking cessation is paramount, as it is the mainstay treatment of the  underlying disease. Copyright (c) 2020, Naqvi et al
UR  - https://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.8303
ER  -