Buerger’s disease: a case report
Keywords:
Buerger’s disease, sympathectomy.Abstract
Buerger’s disease is an occlusive vasculopathy affecting small- to medium-sized bloodvessels. The disease usually affects smokers. Clinically, it is characterized by features relatedto ischemia. If untreated gangrene and amputation may supervene. A wide variety oftherapeutic options ranging from vasodilators to sympathectomy are useful We, herein, reportan adult female with this disease, who underwent sympathectomy for relief of her symptoms.References
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