Question 191 · LEK · Thromboangiitis obliterans (Buerger's disease)

Which of the following is not characteristic of Buerger’s disease?

  1. A. onset of the disease after 50 years of life.
  2. B. habitual cigarette smoking.
  3. C. presence of lesions in 4 limbs.
  4. D. presence of typical lesions on the angiographic examination.
  5. E. migratory thrombophlebitis.
Hint

Recall the typical age and profile of patients with thromboangiitis obliterans.

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