thrombosis

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She was 80 and doing chemotherapy for endometrial cancer, which caused a deep vein thrombosis in her leg resulting in a massive stroke.

From Seattle Times

She concluded that Mrs Hewitt had died from cerebral venous sinus thrombosis which was contributed to by neglect.

From BBC

Clots in the veins, usually the arms or legs or pelvis, are known as deep vein thrombosis, or DVT.

From Salon

He went to a hospital emergency room just after midnight and was found to have high blood pressure and sagittal sinus venous thrombosis.

From New York Times

“Patients who come into the hospital with a broken leg are usually prone to develop thrombosis,” says Tobias Petzold, a cardiologist at the German Center for Cardiovascular Research.

From Scientific American