MCQ Pathology 27

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A 28 year old Oriental man with a history of heavy cigarette smoking since the age of 14 presented with pain in the legs on walking short distances. Examination revealed weak dorsalis pedis pulses bilaterally and cold blue toes. He was advised to stop smoking, which he did. One month later, his pulses were much improved, the toes were no longer cold and blue, and he could walk a much longer distance without pain. Which one of the following is the most likely diagnosis?



a. coarctation of the aorta.
b. dissection of the descending thoracic and abdominal segments of the aorta.
c. infrarenal atherosclerotic aneurysm.
d. Takayasu’s arteritis.
e. Buerger disease (thromboangiitis obliterans).

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