[Thromboangiitis obliterans with cerebral involvement]

Neurologia. 1995 Nov;10(9):384-6.
[Article in Spanish]

Abstract

We report the case of a male with Buerger's disease and neurologic involvement. Cerebral arteriography showed multiple distal arterial obliterans with left-sided Moya-moya phenomena. Thromboangiitis obliterans is a chronic segmental occlusive disease affecting medium-sized and small arteries and veins throughout the body. Neurologic signs are rare, occurring in fewer than 2 % of cases, and most often found on the cortical surface and adjacent territories. We review the most common signs of this entity and its main diagnostic difficulties.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Brain Ischemia / complications*
  • Brain Ischemia / diagnosis
  • Brain Ischemia / physiopathology
  • Carotid Arteries / physiopathology
  • Cerebral Angiography
  • Functional Laterality
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Moyamoya Disease / complications
  • Moyamoya Disease / physiopathology
  • Thromboangiitis Obliterans / complications*
  • Thromboangiitis Obliterans / diagnosis*
  • Thromboangiitis Obliterans / physiopathology