Question 130 · LEK · Deep vein thrombosis
Phlegmasia cerulea dolens (painful blue oedema) is caused by:
- A. embolism.
- B. thrombosis in one of the branches of the aortobifemoral bypass.
- C. lymphoedema.
- D. thrombosis in varices of the lower limbs.
- E. generalized thrombosis of superficial and deep veins.
Hint
Consider what happens to a limb when both its deep and its superficial (collateral) venous outflow are blocked at the same time.
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