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Superficial vein thrombosis

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Superficial vein thrombosis (SVT) is a type of venous thrombosis, or a

blood clot in a vein, which forms in a superficial vein near the surface of
the body. Usually there is an inflammatory reaction around the vein
which presents as a painful induration with erythema. SVT has a limited
clinical significance (in terms of morbidity and mortality) when
compared to a deep vein thrombosis (DVT), which occurs deeper in the
body, at the deep venous system level. If the blood clot is too near from
the sapheno-femural junction there is a bigger risk of pulmonary
embolism.[1][2][3]
Great saphenous vein thrombosis

See also
References
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2. Streiff MB, Bockenstedt PL, Cataland SR et al. (2011). "Venous thromboembolic disease"
(https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3551573). J Natl Compr Canc Netw 9 (7): 71477. PMC 3551573
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3. Kitchens CS (2011). "How I treat superficial venous thrombosis". Blood 117 (1): 3944. doi:10.1182/blood-2010-05286690 (https://dx.doi.org/10.1182%2Fblood-2010-05-286690). PMID 20980677
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