“…The clinical diagnostic criteria include age under 50 years, a positive smoking history, presence of ischemia of lower extremities and typical arteriographical signs, and exclusion of diseases causing atherosclerosis, prothrombic disorders, and autoimmune disorders (7). It has been reported that approximately 15% of patients have cerebrovascular involvement before peripheral vascular involvement, and that both peripheral and cerebral symptoms last up to 20 years (8). There are cases reporting involvement of the cerebral arteries, coronary arteries, intestinal arteries, and aorta (9).…”