Thrombosis
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Thrombosis is the formation of a clot or thrombus inside a blood vessel, obstructing the flow of blood through the circulatory system. Thromboembolism is a general term describing both thrombosis and its main complication which is embolisation.
Causes
Classically, thrombosis is caused by abnormalities in one or more of the following (Virchow's triad):- The composition of the blood
- Quality of the vessel wall
- Nature of the blood flow
Types/classification
There are two distinct forms of thrombosis:- Venous thrombosis
- * Deep venous thrombosis
- * Portal vein thrombosis
- * Renal vein thrombosis
- * hepatic vein thrombosis (Budd-Chiari syndrome)
- * Paget-Schroetter disease (upper extremity vein)
- * Thoracic outlet syndrome (the cause of most Subclavian Vein Thrombosis unrelated to trauma)
- Arterial thrombosis
- * Cerebrovascular accident (ischaemic strokes are either thrombotic or embolic)
- * Myocardial infarction (usually coronary thrombosis due to rupture of an atherosclerotic plaque)
- * Thoracic outlet syndrome (may precipitate arterial thrombosis as well as venous)
Embolisation
If a bacterial infection is present at the site of thrombosis, the thrombus may break down, spreading particles of infected material throughout the circulatory system (pyemia, septic embolus) and setting up metastatic abscesses wherever they come to rest. Without an infection, the thrombus may become detached and enter circulation as an embolus, finally lodging in and completely obstructing a blood vessel (an infarction). The effects of an infarction depend on where it occurs.Most thrombi, however, become organized into fibrous tissue, and the thrombosed vessel is gradually recanalized.
See also
| Health science - Medicine - Hematology - [http://encycl.opentopia.com/ edit] |
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| Hematological malignancy and White blood cells |
| Lymphoid: Leukemia>Lymphocytic leukemia (ALL, CLL) | Lymphoma (Hodgkin's disease, NHL) | LPD | Myeloma (Multiple myeloma, Extramedullary plasmacytoma) |
| Myeloid: Leukemia>Myelogenous leukemia (AML, CML) | MPD (Essential thrombocytosis, Polycythemia) | MDS | Myelofibrosis | Neutropenia |
| Red blood cells |
| Anemia > Hemochromatosis | Sickle-cell disease | Thalassemia | Hemolysis | Aplastic anemia | G6PD | Hereditary spherocytosis | Hereditary elliptocytosis | Other hemoglobinopathies |
| Coagulation and Platelets |
| Thrombosis > Deep vein thrombosis | Pulmonary embolism | Hemophilia | ITP | TTP | DIC |
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