venous thrombosis

Etiology

• risk factors
• surgery
  • orthopedic, thoracic, abdominal, genitourinary procedures
• trauma
  • fractures of spine, pelvis, femur, tibia
• postphlebitic syndromes
• immobility
• sepsis
• varicose veins
• malignancy (Trousseau's syndrome)
  • pancreas, lung, ovary, testes, urinary, breast, stomach
• congestive heart failure
• nephrotic syndrome
• obesity
• estrogens
• pregnancy
• hypercoagulable state
• venulitis
  • thromboangiitis obliterans
  • Behcet's disease
  • hyperhomocysteinemia

* Also see deep vein thrombosis

Clinical manifestations

• see deep vein thrombosis

Laboratory

• see deep vein thrombosis

Radiology

• see deep vein thrombosis

Management

• see deep vein thrombosis

More general terms

• thrombosis
• venous disease; venopathy

More specific terms

• deep vein thrombosis (DVT)
• thrombophlebitis (includes superficial venous thrombosis)