Blood Vessels V Flashcards
varicose veins
dilated, tortuous
- incompetent valves - increased pressure
- congestion, edema, pain
more in females
long periods of standing (orthostatic edema) contribute
> 50yo obese women
-increased with pregnancy
raynaud phenomenon
commonly in young women
superficial leg veins
varicose veins
-can lead to varicose ulcers
esophageal varices
portal vein HTN
hemorrhoids
with pregnancy or chronic constipation
phlebosclerosis
elastic tissue degeneration and spotty calcifications within media
caput medusa
dilated abdominal veins
thrombophlebitis and phlebothrombosis
venous thrombosis and inflammation
majority of thrombosis
deep leg veins
-also in periprostatic plexus and ovarian/pelvic veins in women
trousseau sign
migratory thrombophlebitis
-malignancy associated hypercoagulable state due to procoag elaboration
sporadic thrombosis at various sites
homan sign
pain with squeezing calf or force dorsiflexion of foot
-indicate thrombophlebitis or phlebothrombosis
plegmasia alba dolens
painful white leg
-iliofemoral venous thrombosis in pregnant women
superior vena caval syndrome
usually neoplasm compressing SVC
-dusky cyanosis and marked dilation of head, neck, arm veins
inferior vena caval syndrome
extrinsic IVC compression
- also with certain neoplasm - hepatocellular and renal cell carcinomas
- leg edema, distention of lower abdominal superficial collateral veins
- massive proteinuria - if renal vein involvement
lymphangitis
infection to lymphatics - red streaks
group A beta hemolytic strep***
acute lymphadenitis
red streaks with painful enlarged lymph nodes
lymphedema
lymph obstruction and dilation
-associated increases in interstitial fluids
milroy disease
primary lymphatic agenesis - primary cause of lymphedema
secondary lymphedema
obstructive - malignancy, removal of nodes, postirridiation fibrosis, filariasis, postinflammatory thrombosis and scarring
peau d’orange
chronic edema - thick skin