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phlegmasia
‖ phlegmasia Path. (flɛgˈmeɪsɪə, -zɪə) Pl. -æ. [mod.L., a. Gr. ϕλεγµασία (Hippocr.) inflammation. Cf. F. phlegmasie.] Inflammation, esp. inflammation accompanied by fever. phlegmasia dolens, or phlegmasia alba dolens, inflammation of the veins of the leg, with severe pain, swelling, hardness, and wh...
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Phlegmasia
Phlegmasia may refer to:
Inflammation
Either of the following conditions:
Phlegmasia cerulea dolens, an uncommon severe form of deep venous thrombosis. Phlegmasia alba dolens, resulting in a white appearance of the leg.
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Phlegmasia alba dolens
Phlegmasia alba dolens (also colloquially known as milk leg or white leg; not to be confused with phlegmasia cerulea dolens) is part of a spectrum of diseases Phlegmasia alba dolens is distinguished, clinically, from phlegmasia cerulea dolens in that there is no ischemia and congestion.
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Phlegmasia cerulea dolens
Phlegmasia cerulea dolens (PCD) (literally: 'painful blue inflammation'), not to be confused with preceding phlegmasia alba dolens, is an uncommon severe Phlegmasia originates from the Greek root phlegma (inflammation), cerulea originates from Latin root caeruleus (dark blue), and dolens originates from
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nosological
nosological, a. (nɒsəʊˈlɒdʒɪkəl) [f. nosology. Cf. F. nosologique, It. and Sp. nosologico.] 1. Of or pertaining to nosology.1777–84 Cullen First Lines Physic (1808) I. §805 My reasons for differing from these authors, must be left to a nosological discussion. 1805 Saunders Min. Waters 460 In acute d...
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PCD
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Paraneoplastic cerebellar degeneration, a paraneoplastic syndrome
Phlegmasia cerulea dolens, an uncommon
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swelling
▪ I. swelling, vbl. n. (ˈswɛlɪŋ) [f. swell v. + -ing1. In OE. swelling (once); cf. MLG. swillinge, MDu., MHG. swellinge.] 1. The process of becoming, or condition of having become, larger in bulk, as by internal pressure; distension, dilatation, expansion.1577 B. Googe Heresbach's Husb. i. (1586) 39...
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Trousseau sign of malignancy
presenting feature of visceral cancer, and his confidence in the utility of this connection led him to say, "So great, in my opinion, is the semiotic value of phlegmasia in the cancerous cachexia, that I regard this phlegmasia as a sign of the cancerous diathesis as certain as sanguinolent effusion into the serous cavities
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Thrombolysis
Severe deep vein thrombosis (DVT), such as phlegmasia cerulea dolens, which threatens limb loss, or iliofemoral DVT, where clots involve at a minimum the
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Acute limb ischaemia
Rare causes include popliteal entrapment syndrome, adventitial cystic disease, phlegmasia, and thoracic outlet syndrome.
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Deep vein thrombosis
Phlegmasia cerulea dolens can occur in the arm but more commonly affects the leg. Phlegmasia cerulea dolens might be treated with catheter-directed thrombolysis and/or thrombectomy.
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variety
variety (vəˈraɪɪtɪ) Forms: 6 varyete, varietee, -tye, 6–7 -tie, 7– variety. [a. F. variété (= It. varietà, Sp. variedad, Pg. variedade), or ad. L. varietāt-, varietās difference, diversity, etc., f. vari-us various a.: see -ty.] † 1. a. Variation or change of fortune. Obs.a 1533 Ld. Berners Gold. Bk...
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Robert James Lee
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(See phlegmasia alba dolens and erysipelas.)
(See Henry Halford.)
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Vascular surgery
Some lower extremity DVT can be severe enough to cause a condition called phlegmasia cerulea dolens or phlegmasia alba dolens and can be limb-threatening When phlegmasia is present, intervention is often warranted and may include venous thrombectomy.
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