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thromboangiitis obliterans (Buerger disease)

• unknown etiology
• young males (under 40 y/o)
• a/w heavy cigarette smoking

• panarteritis with thrombotic occlusion
  • medium + small arteries of extremities
  • foot + calf aa. most often, also knee + SFA
  • +/- mesenteric vessels

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