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Deep vein thrombosis: The formation of a blood clot ("thrombus") in a deep vein. [e]
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Parent topics
- Trauma (physical) [r]: Physical injury to multiple bodily systems, or to critical systems/organs such as the brain or lungs, with a significant chance of irreversible traumatic shock [e]
Subtopics
Pathophysiology
- Coagulation [r]: The process of the interaction of blood coagulation factors that results in an insoluble fibrin clot. [e]
Evaluation
- D-dimer [r]: A fibrin degradation product after coagulation. [e]
- Color Doppler ultrasonography [r]: Medical ultrasonography based on the Doppler effect, with the superposition of blood or other fluid flow information, as colors, on a gray scale in a real-time image; well-suited for localizing high-velocity flow (such as in a stenosis) or of mapping the extent of flow in a certain region [e]
Differential diagnosis
- Cellulitis [r]: Acute, diffuse, inflammation of loose connective tissue, particularly the deep subcutaneous tissues, and sometimes muscle, usually due to infection and associated with redness, pain, swelling and warmth to the touch [e]
- Lymphedema [r]: edema due to obstruction of lymph vessels or disorders of the lymph nodes. [e]
Treatment
Complications
- Pulmonary embolism [r]: Blocking of the pulmonary artery or one of its branches by an embolus. [e]