Intestinal ischaemia in Buerger's disease in a patient presenting with lower limb gangrene: Case Report and Literature Review

Buerger’s disease was described and established in the English literature in 1908 as an entity distinct from atherosclerosis1. The disease usually affects medium and small arteries and veins of the upper and lower extremities. Visceral artery involvement is rarely reported. It is a disease of the orient. Its incidence varies from 10-33% in Japan and Bombay. Similarly high incidence rates have been recorded in South East Asia2,3,4. We report a case of Buerger’s disease with intestinal ischaemia caused by SMA occlusion.