Material carried in the circulation that can lodge and obstruct a vessel; a detached portion of a thrombus is one example.
Severe venous outflow obstruction producing a painful, swollen, blue limb and potentially threatening perfusion.
A historical clinical term for a pale, painful, swollen limb, especially after childbirth, associated with extensive deep vein thrombosis. It is distinct from blue, severely congested phlegmasia cerulea dolens.
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