Question 226 · LEK · Thromboangiitis obliterans (Buerger's disease)
Thromboangiitis obliterans is also known as:
- A. Takayasu’s disease.
- B. Riley-Smith syndrome.
- C. Buerger disease.
- D. Sturge-Weber syndrome.
- E. Klippel-Trénaunay syndrome.
Hint
The eponym honors the physician who described this smoking-related occlusive vasculitis of young men in the early 20th century.
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