Veins and Lymphatics Flashcards
What are Varicose Veins?
Abnormally, dilated tortuous veins subjected to prolonged, increased intravascular pressures
Where does varicose veins usually occur?
Superficial veins of lower extremities
Who does VV most commonly occur in?
Females older than 50, obese, and pregnant
What is the pathology of VV?
Intraluminal thrombosis and valvular deformities
Clinical associations of VV?
Venous stasis and edema
Persistent edema associated with what?
Stasis dermatitis
Ulcerations
Impaired healing
Superficial venous thrombosis is rarely associated with what?
Venous distension and pain
Which results in thromboemboli? DVT or SVT?
DVT
What is DVT?
Thrombosis of deep veins that results in local inflammation (phlebitis) and potentially lethal thromboembolic disease
DVT results from what?
Stasis and hypercoaguable states
What is considered a hypercoaguable state?
Cardiac failure Neoplasia Pregnancy Post-operative state Prolonged bed rest Immobilization
Where is DVT prevalent in men? Women?
Periprostatic venous plexus
Pelvic veins of women
In most cases of DVT when do symptoms show up?
When thromboembolism occur
Dorsiflexion of foot may elicit what?
Homan’s sign
Clinical variants of DVT?
Phelgmasia alba dolens (Painful white leg)
Migratory thrombophlebitis
