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===Stains===
===Stains===
*[[Elastic trichrome]] or [[Movat stain]] - to demonstrate elastic fibre fragmentation.
*[[Elastic trichrome]] or [[Movat stain]] - to demonstrate elastic fibre fragmentation.
==Thromboangiitis obliterans==
*[[AKA]] ''Buerger disease''.
**Should '''not''' be confused with ''Berger disease'' ([[IgA nephropathy]]).
===General===
*Strong association with smoking.<ref>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Highlander | first1 = P. | last2 = Southerland | first2 = CC. | last3 = VonHerbulis | first3 = E. | last4 = Gonzalez | first4 = A. | title = Buerger disease (thromboangiitis obliterans): a clinical diagnosis. | journal = Adv Skin Wound Care | volume = 24 | issue = 1 | pages = 15-7 | month = Jan | year = 2011 | doi = 10.1097/01.ASW.0000392923.37852.43 | PMID = 21173586 }}</ref>
*Small and medium-sized vessels of the extremities.
Diagnosis - clinical:
*Corkscrew vessels on angiography.<ref>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Fujii | first1 = Y. | last2 = Soga | first2 = J. | last3 = Nakamura | first3 = S. | last4 = Hidaka | first4 = T. | last5 = Hata | first5 = T. | last6 = Idei | first6 = N. | last7 = Fujimura | first7 = N. | last8 = Nishioka | first8 = K. | last9 = Chayama | first9 = K. | title = Classification of corkscrew collaterals in thromboangiitis obliterans (Buerger's disease): relationship between corkscrew type and prevalence of ischemic ulcers. | journal = Circ J | volume = 74 | issue = 8 | pages = 1684-8 | month = Aug | year = 2010 | doi =  | PMID = 20534945 }}</ref>
===Microscopic===
Features:<ref name=pmid16892557>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Kurata | first1 = A. | last2 = Schulz | first2 = A. | last3 = Franke | first3 = FE. | title = Reappraisal of thromboangiitis obliterans--a pathological contribution. | journal = Verh Dtsch Ges Pathol | volume = 88 | issue =  | pages = 231-6 | month =  | year = 2004 | doi =  | PMID = 16892557 }}</ref>
*Acute inflammation:
** Endarteritis - inner layers of blood vessels.
** Periarteritis.


==See also==
==See also==
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