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Thrombosis

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Thrombosis is the formation of a clotor thrombusinside a blood vessel, obstructing the flow of bloodthrough the circulatory system. Thromboembolism is a general term describing both thrombosis and its main complication: dislodgement of a clot and embolisation.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

  • 1 Causes
  • 2 Types/classification
  • 3 Embolisation
  • 4 See also

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

The formation of a thrombus is usually caused by an injury to the vessel's wall, either by trauma or infection, and by the slowing or stagnation of blood flow past the point of injury. Occasionally, abnormalities in coagulationare to blame. Intravascular coagulationfollows, forming a structureless mass of red blood cells, leukocytes, and fibrin.

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

  • Anticoagulants
Health science- Medicine- Hematology
Hematological malignancyand White blood cells
Lymphoid: Lymphocytic leukemia(ALL, CLL) | Lymphoma(Hodgkin's disease, NHL) | LPD| Myeloma(Multiple myeloma, Extramedullary plasmacytoma)
Myeloid: 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
Coagulationand Platelets
Thrombosis | Deep vein thrombosis| Pulmonary embolism| Hemophilia| ITP| TTP| DIC
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