Cerebral Thromboangiitis Obliterans - Report of 3 cases -

J Korean Neurol Assoc > Volume 13(1); 1995 > Article

Journal of the Korean Neurological Association 1995;13(1): 91-95.

뇌 폐쇄성 혈전 혈관염 3예

이태경, 방차옥, 오건세, 안무영,신현길

순천향대학교 신경과

Cerebral Thromboangiitis Obliterans - Report of 3 cases -

Tae Kyeong Lee, M.D., Cha Ok Bang, M.D., Kun Se Oh, M.D., Moo Young Ahn, M.D., Hyun Kil Shin, M.D.

Department of Neurology, College of Medicine Soonchunhyang University

Abstract

Thromboangiitis obliterans (Buerger's disease) is an inflammatory, thromboccluisive vasclar disease that usually involves small and medium sized arteries and veins of the distal extremities of young male smokers. Involvement of cerebral blood vessels in Buerger's disease is rare, but clinical and Pathological demonstration has ionally been found. We describe three patients with cerebral infarction who had amputated their distal extremities due to thromboangiitis obliterans. - they had . No clinical, laboratory, a,ngiographic evidence of vasculitis, source of emboli, and atherosclerotic risk factors except heavy smoking.