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ArticleCureus2023

Buerger's Disease in the Testicle: A Case of Testicular Thromboangiitis Obliterans.

Emma A Harwood, Andrew J Blazek, Stanley J Radio, Christopher M Deibert

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Article in Cureus, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

0 citing papers in PubMed, 2 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Emma A HarwoodDivision of Urologic Surgery, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, USA.
Andrew J BlazekDivision of Urologic Surgery, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, USA.
Stanley J RadioDepartment of Pathology and Microbiology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, USA.
Christopher M DeibertDivision of Urologic Surgery, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, USA.
University of Nebraska Medical Center · US

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Thromboangiitis obliterans (TAO), otherwise known as Buerger's disease, is a rare, non-atherosclerotic inflammatory vasculopathy that typically affects small and medium-sized arteries of the distal extremities. Smoking is believed to be integral to the pathogenesis, as TAO primarily affects young male smokers. The disease is characterized by extremity pain secondary to ischemia that may progress to ulceration, gangrene, and amputation. Involvement of the reproductive system is uncommon. Here, we offer a case of TAO presenting as a testicular mass lesion.

Indexed as

buerger’s diseasetesticular lesiontesticular massthromboangiitis obliteransvasculitis

Identifiers

PMID37206504
PMCPMC10191156
OpenAlexW4366168822

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