<prompt> A 34 year old chronic smoker presents to you with progressive claudication of the left arm with ulcers on the ring finger. The patient also gives history suggestive of recurrent superficial phlebitis. There is also history of Raynauds phenomenon. What is the best treatment for the patient?SteroidsAspirinPentoxifyllineAbstinence from tobacco  <response>: The triad of claudication, Raynauds phenomenon and migratory superficial thrombophlebitis in a young male smoker is typical of thromboangiitis obliterans Buergers disease. An aeriography will show segmental occlusion with collaterals. Histopathology will show sharply segmental acute and chronic vasculitis of small and medium aeries of the affected area. Ref: S. Das, Edition 5, Page 68 