Buerger s disease: a case report

Buerger s disease is an occlusive vasculopathy affecting small- to medium-sized blood vessels. The disease usually affects smokers. Clinically, it is characterized by features related to ischemia. If untreated gangrene and amputation may supervene. A wide variety of therapeutic options ranging from vasodilators to sympathectomy are useful We, herein, report an adult female with this disease, who underwent sympathectomy for relief of her symptoms