Intestinal Thromboangiitis Obliterans in a Woman: A Case Report and Discussion of Chronic Ischemic Changes
Although traditionally regarded as a disease of distal extremities, mesenteric vasculature can also manifest thromboangiitis obliterans (TAO). There are 31 cases of intestinal TAO in the English literature and the majority of subjects are male. However, cases of women with TAO are becoming more comm...
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| description | Although traditionally regarded as a disease of distal extremities, mesenteric vasculature can also manifest thromboangiitis obliterans (TAO). There are 31 cases of intestinal TAO in the English literature and the majority of subjects are male. However, cases of women with TAO are becoming more common, coinciding with an increased incidence of smoking in this sex. We describe the sixth case of a female patient with classic extremity manifestations paralleled by paroxysms of abdominal angina. Intestinal TAO can mimic extremity disease of smoldering chronic ischemia punctuated by unpredictable acute episodes of gangrene. In the present case, chronic ischemia manifested as partial bowel obstruction due to stricture deformity of the ileum and profound adipocyte atrophy of mesentery. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-56552bc92e9744f9b279cdc69b33178e2025-02-03T05:54:20ZengWileyCanadian Journal of Gastroenterology0835-79002003-01-0117955956110.1155/2003/415179Intestinal Thromboangiitis Obliterans in a Woman: A Case Report and Discussion of Chronic Ischemic ChangesShaun AC Medlicott0Paul Beaudry1Gary Morris2Gwen Hollaar3Francis Sutherland4Calgary Laboratory Services, Peter Lougheed Hospital, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, CanadaDepartment of General Surgery, Peter Lougheed Hospital, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, CanadaDepartment of Internal Medicine, Peter Lougheed Hospital, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, CanadaDepartment of General Surgery, Peter Lougheed Hospital, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, CanadaDepartment of General Surgery, Peter Lougheed Hospital, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, CanadaAlthough traditionally regarded as a disease of distal extremities, mesenteric vasculature can also manifest thromboangiitis obliterans (TAO). There are 31 cases of intestinal TAO in the English literature and the majority of subjects are male. However, cases of women with TAO are becoming more common, coinciding with an increased incidence of smoking in this sex. We describe the sixth case of a female patient with classic extremity manifestations paralleled by paroxysms of abdominal angina. Intestinal TAO can mimic extremity disease of smoldering chronic ischemia punctuated by unpredictable acute episodes of gangrene. In the present case, chronic ischemia manifested as partial bowel obstruction due to stricture deformity of the ileum and profound adipocyte atrophy of mesentery.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2003/415179 |
| spellingShingle | Shaun AC Medlicott Paul Beaudry Gary Morris Gwen Hollaar Francis Sutherland Intestinal Thromboangiitis Obliterans in a Woman: A Case Report and Discussion of Chronic Ischemic Changes Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology |
| title | Intestinal Thromboangiitis Obliterans in a Woman: A Case Report and Discussion of Chronic Ischemic Changes |
| title_full | Intestinal Thromboangiitis Obliterans in a Woman: A Case Report and Discussion of Chronic Ischemic Changes |
| title_fullStr | Intestinal Thromboangiitis Obliterans in a Woman: A Case Report and Discussion of Chronic Ischemic Changes |
| title_full_unstemmed | Intestinal Thromboangiitis Obliterans in a Woman: A Case Report and Discussion of Chronic Ischemic Changes |
| title_short | Intestinal Thromboangiitis Obliterans in a Woman: A Case Report and Discussion of Chronic Ischemic Changes |
| title_sort | intestinal thromboangiitis obliterans in a woman a case report and discussion of chronic ischemic changes |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2003/415179 |
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