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Multiple ulcers with perforation of the small intestine in buerger's disease: a case report
Atsushi Kurata1, Takahiro Nonaka, Yasuo Arimura
1Department of Pathalogy, Kyorin University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan. akurata@kyroin-u.ac.jp
Abstract:
We present the case of a young man with Buerger's disease that involved the gastrointestinal tract. The patient experienced sudden onset of abdominal pain during the period of treatment for peripheral manifestations. Radiographic workup revealed free air in the abdomen. A laparotomy was performed, and the resected specimen revealed regularly distanced and multiple ulcers in proximity of the perforation, which was accompanied by occluded intramural arteries of the small intestine. Although visceral localization of Buerger's disease is unusual, several cases have been previously reported. Nevertheless, the manifestation of regularly distanced skip intestinal ulcers in Buerger's disease is apparently unique. In addition, detailed pathological findings delineated this rare condition.
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