Open AccessBuerger’s and fried fingertips: a case of progressive buerger’s disease from secondhand smoke
Author(s) -
Paul Muńa Aguon,
Farmin Samareh-Jahani,
Abhishek Kumar,
Laura Hamant,
Ruth Franks Snedecor
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
international journal of medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2309-1622
DOI - 10.14419/ijm.v6i1.8839
Subject(s) - buerger's disease , secondhand smoke , medicine , smoke , disease , dermatology , environmental health , engineering , pathology , waste management
We present a case of a 51-year-old Caucasian male with thromboangiitis obliterans who previously underwent multiple amputations and presented with poor wound healing post-amputation. Despite cessation of tobacco use, patient’s condition and wounds continued to worsen. After extensive and repeated history taking, it was discovered that his wife continued to be a heavy tobacco user and patient consistently had secondhand smoke exposure. This report describes an atypical presentation of progressive thromboangiitis obliterans as a result of secondhand smoke.