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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

  1. Paravenous tissue phlegmon
  2. Paravenous tissue necrosis
  3. Acute lymphangitis
  4. Venepuncture and edema of paravenous tissue
  5. Acute thrombophlebitis
Correct answer

Acute thrombophlebitis

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