Venous thrombosis

Venous thrombosis is thrombosis in a vein, caused by a thrombus (blood clot). The most common form of venous thrombosis is a deep vein thrombosis (DVT), when a blood clot forms in the deep veins of the leg. [Source: Wikipedia ]

Synonyms

Phlebothrombosis

May Cause

Bowel ischemia

Cerebral infarction

Embolus

Prolonged cerebral vascular transit time

May Be Caused by

 Common

Homocystinuria

 Uncommon

Antiphospholipid syndrome

Aplasia cutis congenita

Behçet disease

Budd-Chiari syndrome

Calcified inferior vena cava thrombus and adrenal hemorrhage

Carpal tunnel syndrome

Congenital renal vein thrombosis

Glucagonoma syndrome

Hereditary pancreatitis

Hughes-Stovin syndrome

Iliocaval compression syndrome

Infant of diabetic mother

Inferior vena cava syndrome

Lemierre syndrome

Nephrotic syndrome

Paget-Schroetter syndrome

Paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria

Polycythemia vera

Protein C deficiency

Protein S deficiency

Superior vena cava syndrome

Tolosa-Hunt syndrome

Trousseau syndrome