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venous thrombosis

Etiology: - risk factors 1) surgery - orthopedic, thoracic, abdominal, genitourinary procedures 2) trauma - fractures of spine, pelvis, femur, tibia 3) postphlebitic syndromes 4) immobility 5) sepsis 6) varicose veins 7) malignancy (Trousseau's syndrome) - pancreas, lung, ovary, testes, urinary, breast, stomach 8) congestive heart failure 9) nephrotic syndrome 10) obesity 11) estrogens 12) pregnancy 13) hypercoagulable state 14) venulitis a) thromboangiitis obliterans b) Behcet's disease c) hyperhomocysteinemia * Also see deep vein thrombosis Clinical manifestations: - see deep vein thrombosis Laboratory: - see deep vein thrombosis Radiology: - see deep vein thrombosis Management: - see deep vein thrombosis

Specific

deep vein thrombosis (DVT) thrombophlebitis (includes superficial venous thrombosis)

General

thrombosis venous disease; venopathy

References

  1. Medical Knowledge Self Assessment Program (MKSAP) 16 American College of Physicians, Philadelphia 2012
  2. Engbers MJ, van Hylckama Vlieg A, Rosendaal FR. Venous thrombosis in the elderly: incidence, risk factors and risk groups. J Thromb Haemost. 2010 Oct;8(10):2105-12. PMID: 20629943