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An Unusual Case of Buerger’s Disease in a Pregnant Female
Thromboangitis obliterans or Buerger's disease is a segmental inflammatory condition of small and medium-sized arteries and veins. It is commonly seen in males with age under 45 years and with a current or recent history of tobacco use, and in smokers. It is sporadic in young women. This report...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9508790/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36171849 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.28382 |
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author | Karena, Zalak V Mehta, Aditya D Rao, Rajvee Gowda, Nandan Gadhia, Vishnu A |
author_facet | Karena, Zalak V Mehta, Aditya D Rao, Rajvee Gowda, Nandan Gadhia, Vishnu A |
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description | Thromboangitis obliterans or Buerger's disease is a segmental inflammatory condition of small and medium-sized arteries and veins. It is commonly seen in males with age under 45 years and with a current or recent history of tobacco use, and in smokers. It is sporadic in young women. This report describes a primigravida with dry gangrene in both upper and lower limbs because of Buerger’s disease. The primary diagnosis of the disease occurred first time in pregnancy at the 17th week of gestation with the patient reporting dry gangrene and pain in the digits and confirmed with a non-invasive Doppler study. The patient was screened for autoimmune diseases, diabetes mellitus, and the presence of hypercoagulable disorders. Echocardiography and arteriography were performed to rule out any source of emboli. The case report aims to discuss a rare diagnostic and therapeutic dilemma in the case of a pregnant woman presenting with gangrene without any history of tobacco addiction. |
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spelling | pubmed-95087902022-09-27 An Unusual Case of Buerger’s Disease in a Pregnant Female Karena, Zalak V Mehta, Aditya D Rao, Rajvee Gowda, Nandan Gadhia, Vishnu A Cureus Obstetrics/Gynecology Thromboangitis obliterans or Buerger's disease is a segmental inflammatory condition of small and medium-sized arteries and veins. It is commonly seen in males with age under 45 years and with a current or recent history of tobacco use, and in smokers. It is sporadic in young women. This report describes a primigravida with dry gangrene in both upper and lower limbs because of Buerger’s disease. The primary diagnosis of the disease occurred first time in pregnancy at the 17th week of gestation with the patient reporting dry gangrene and pain in the digits and confirmed with a non-invasive Doppler study. The patient was screened for autoimmune diseases, diabetes mellitus, and the presence of hypercoagulable disorders. Echocardiography and arteriography were performed to rule out any source of emboli. The case report aims to discuss a rare diagnostic and therapeutic dilemma in the case of a pregnant woman presenting with gangrene without any history of tobacco addiction. Cureus 2022-08-25 /pmc/articles/PMC9508790/ /pubmed/36171849 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.28382 Text en Copyright © 2022, Karena et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. |
spellingShingle | Obstetrics/Gynecology Karena, Zalak V Mehta, Aditya D Rao, Rajvee Gowda, Nandan Gadhia, Vishnu A An Unusual Case of Buerger’s Disease in a Pregnant Female |
title | An Unusual Case of Buerger’s Disease in a Pregnant Female |
title_full | An Unusual Case of Buerger’s Disease in a Pregnant Female |
title_fullStr | An Unusual Case of Buerger’s Disease in a Pregnant Female |
title_full_unstemmed | An Unusual Case of Buerger’s Disease in a Pregnant Female |
title_short | An Unusual Case of Buerger’s Disease in a Pregnant Female |
title_sort | unusual case of buerger’s disease in a pregnant female |
topic | Obstetrics/Gynecology |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9508790/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36171849 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.28382 |
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