Exam questionKROK 2Medicine ยท 2014
A 49-year-old male patient who had been scheduled for a surgery for gastric cancer underwent preoperative infusion therapy. Up to 3,0 liters of liquid was introduced into the right cubital vein. The following day, he felt a dragging pain in the right shoulder. Objectively: on the inner surface of the shoulder there is a longitudinal hyperemic zone, edema of skin, a tender cord. What complication occurred in the patient?
Answer options
- Paravenous tissue phlegmon
- Paravenous tissue necrosis
- Acute lymphangitis
- Venepuncture and edema of paravenous tissue
- Acute thrombophlebitis
Correct answer
Acute thrombophlebitis
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