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File:IPLab4Thromboembolus10.jpg|This is a gross photograph of the fibrous band between the uterus and adjacent tissues. This fibrous scar tissue is probably left over from a previous surgery or an infection. A loop of bowel herniated through the opening produced by this fibrous band and became incarcerated leading to the ischemic necrosis seen in the previous image.
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== Study Questions ==
* <spoiler text="What are the common sources for pulmonary thromboemboli?">Large deep veins of the lower legs: popliteal, femoral, and iliac veins.</spoiler>
* <spoiler text="What are the clinical sequelae of pulmonary thromboemboli?">Most (60-80%) pulmonary thromboemboli are clinically silent. In the remainder of the cases, pulmonary thromboemboli can cause sudden death, acute or chronic cor pulmonale, infarction, or hemorrhage.</spoiler>
* <spoiler text="What is a paradoxical embolism?">When a venous embolus passes through an interatrial or interventricular septal defect and enters the systemic circulation.</spoiler>
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