blood clot
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She thought it was the baby, but a nurse confirmed it was a blood clot, 3 inches across.
From Salon • May 27, 2026
At the Olivos Clinic in Buenos Aires, doctors detected a blood clot on his brain, which was removed during an emergency operation.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026
A resulting blood clot can completely block blood flow or travel to the heart or brain, triggering a heart attack or stroke.
From Science Daily • Feb. 25, 2026
The Los Angeles County medical examiner’s office determined that the beloved comedian died of a pulmonary embolism, a blood clot in the lungs, according to her death certificate published Monday by TMZ.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 9, 2026
The eight-man expedition was pinned down in a ferocious blizzard high on K2, waiting to make an assault on the summit, when a team member named Art Gilkey developed thrombophlebitis, a life-threatening altitude-induced blood clot.
From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer
