A case of thromboangiitis obliterans affecting coronary, pulmonary, and splenic vessels. Is thromboangiitis obliterans a generalized vascular disease?

We describe a 53 year old man who died following his 3rd myocardial infarction. Before death there were scintigraphic signs of infarctions in the lung and spleen. Postmortem examination revealed an occlussive vascular disease in coronary, pulmonary, and splenic vessels. The histological findings were consistent with thromboangiitis obliterans. We suggest that thromboangiitis obliterans probably is a generalized vascular disease.