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• Varicose veins are abnormally dilated veins with incompetent valves occurring most commonly in the lower extremities and lower trunk, usually in the great and small saphenous veins. Read More »
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• Thrombophlebitis is the inflammation of a vein accompanied by the formation of thrombus (blood clot), which can be dislodged and lead to pulmonary emboli. Deep vein thrombosis (DVT) is a term often used for this venous complication, which most commonly occurs in the deep veins of the lower extremities. Read More »
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I. Definition
• Raynaud’s disease is a form of intermittent arteriolar vasoconstriction. The term Raynaud’s phenomenon is used to refer to localized, intermittent episodes of vasoconstriction of small arteries of the feet and hands that cause color and temperature changes. Read More »
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I. Definition
• Buerger’s diseae or thromboangiitis obliterans is an occlusive disease mostly located in small to medium-sized arteries and less frequently in veins. Commonly found in the upper and lower distal extremities. In prolonged cases, large extremities vessels may be affected. Buerger’s disease is generally bilateral and symmetric with focal lesions. Read More »
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• Peripheral arterial occlusive disease is a form of arteriosclerosis involving occlusion of arteries, most commonly in the lower extremities.
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• An aneurysm is a dilation involving an artery formed at a weak point in the vessel wall, the aneurysms may be saccular (i.e. on one side of vessel only) or fusiform (i.e. entire arterial segment becomes dilated). Read More »
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