Corkscrew sign in Buerger’s disease

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  • 四肢動脈でみるサイン（バージャー病におけるコークスクリューサイン）
  • Corkscrew sign in Buerger’s disease

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Thromboangitis obliterans (Buerger’s disease) is a non-atherosclerotic, segmental inflammatory disease that commonly affects small and medium-sized distal arteries, veins, and nerves of the upper and lower extremities in heavy tobacco smokers before the age of 50 years. As with atherosclerotic obliterans, manifestations of Buerger’s disease are intermittent claudication, leg pain at rest, and ulceration of extremities. Therefore, accurate diagnosis of Buerger’s disease is important to provide appropriate therapy to the patient. The presence of the corkscrew sign, collateralization around areas of occlusion, is a characteristic finding of Buerger’s disease. This paper presents the corkscrew sign involving both the upper and lower limbs.

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  • Choonpa Igaku

    Choonpa Igaku 44 (2), 149-151, 2017

    The Japan Society of Ultrasonics in Medicine

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