Exam questionKROK 2Medicine ยท 2010
A 46-year-old patient is to be prepared to the operation on account of stomach cancer. Preoperative preparation involves infusion therapy. It was injected up to 3,0 l of solutions into his right lunar vein. On the next day he got tensive pain in the region of his right shoulder. Examination of interior brachial surface revealed a stripe of hyperemia, skin edema and a painful cord. What complication is it?
Answer options
- Acute lymphangitis
- Vein puncture and edema of paravenous cellular tissue
- Necrosis of paravenous cellular tissue
- Acute thrombophlebitis
- Phlegmon of paravenous cellular tissue
Correct answer
Acute thrombophlebitis
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