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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
- Medical Knowledge Self Assessment Program (MKSAP) 16
American College of Physicians, Philadelphia 2012
- 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