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Abstract
A condition characterized by a chronically swollen limb, often a leg with stasis dermatitis and ulcerations. This syndrome can appear soon after phlebitis or years later. Postphlebitic syndrome is the result of damaged or incompetent venous valves in the limbs. Distended, tortuous VARICOSE VEINS are usually present. Leg pain may occur after long period of standing.
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- Postphlebitic Disease
- Disease, Postphlebitic
- Diseases, Postphlebitic
- Postphlebitic Diseases
- Postphlebitic Syndromes
- Syndrome, Postphlebitic
- Syndromes, Postphlebitic
- Postphlebitic Ulcer
- Postphlebitic Ulcers
- Ulcer, Postphlebitic
- Ulcers, Postphlebitic
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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.
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- Phlebitis (1966-1986)
- Thrombophlebitis (1966-1986)
- Varicose Ulcer (1966-1986)
- Venous Insufficiency (1973-1986)
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Postphlebitic Syndrome. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D011186. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D011186
- Postphlebitic Syndrome. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q68412761