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| Cerebrovascular Accident (Stroke) |
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| Occurs when the blood supply to part of the brain is compromised either by blockage or rupture of an artery. |
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| Blockage of arteries caused by a blood clot that forms locally within a vessel and does not move. |
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| Blockage of arteries caused by a blood clot formed elsewhere in the body that breaks loose and floats downstream. |
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| Hemorrhage in the nasal cavity (nosebleed). |
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| Mass of clotted blood outside the vessel (bruise). Is the result of hemorrhage into tissues or spaces inside the body. |
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| Accumulation of clotted blood in the potential space between skull bones and dura mater. |
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| An increase in pressure within the hepatic portal vein and its tributaries caused by blockage of blood flow within the liver or perhaps a tumor associated with the pancreas. |
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| Formation of a thrombus (clot) within a blood vessel. |
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| Clot formation in one or more of the deep veins of the lower limb, often in the calf. Occurs when blood clots in areas where blood flow is slow. |
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| Clot formation in one or more of the deep veins of the lower limb, often in the calf. Occurs when blood clots in areas where blood flow is slow. |
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| When a blood clot breaks loose and travels to the lungs to obstruct a pulmonary artery. Life threatening condition. |
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| Twisted, dilated veins. Common in the lower limbs since veins here experience constant pressure from standing and blood must flow against gravity. In the anal canal they are called hemorrhoids. |
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| "Blood draw". Obtaining a blood sample from a patient by puncturing a superficial vein with a needle and collecting blood in a syringe. |
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| Swelling of tissue due to an abnormal accumulation of tissue fluid. |
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| Family of cancers that develop from lymphocytes and involve lymphoid tissues, especially lymph nodes. Divided into two basic types, the more common non-Hodgkin's type and Hodgkin's lymphoma. |
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| The first set of lymph nodes to receive metastatic cancer cells from an involved organ. |
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