Volume : 8, Issue : 3, March - 2019

AETIOPATHOGENESIS, CLINICAL FEATURES OF THROMBOANGIITIS OBLITERANS OF LOWER LIMBS AND ITS CO-RELATION WITH COLOR DOPPLER STUDIES

Kukreti. A, Mukherjee S, Mohan M

Abstract :

Background: Buerger‘s disease is a disease of young men of low socioeconomic status who smoke tobacco and mostly takes place in lower limbs, but now a day the disease has also been seen in young women between 20 and 35 years of age. The disease mainly involves small and medium-sized vessels of the extremities and is a nonatherosclerotic disease. Doppler USG is a valuable modality of imaging in evaluating the characteristics, distribution and assessing the extent of lesions. Objectives: To evaluate the efficacy of color Doppler in Buerger’s and to compare the risk factors and clinical presentation with color Doppler findings in a patient of Buerger’s. Study Type and Design: It was a prospective study conducted in department of surgery Rohilkhand Medical College, Bareilly. 50 Patients of age group 20-50 years and of both genders who were diagnosed with Buerger’s disease based on the history and clinical examination were included in the study. Result: Majority of patients were males in the age group of 40-50 with a few female patients as well, with majority belonging to low socio economic status. On comparison of findings of clinical examination to that of Doppler findings we concluded that new cases were added into the list on color Doppler which were earlier missed on clinical examination which suggests that involved vessels which were missed on clinical examination were picked up on color Doppler. Conclusion: Doppler ultrasonography is very good modality for diagnosing a patient of Buerger’s disease.