phlegmasia alba dolens

phlegmasia /phleg·ma·sia/ (fleg-ma´zhah) [Gr.] old term for inflammation.

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phlegmasia al´ba do´lens  milk leg; phlebitis of the femoral vein with swelling of the leg, occasionally following parturition or an acute febrile illness.

phlegmasia ceru´lea do´lens  an acute fulminating form of deep venous thrombosis, with pronounced edema and severe cyanosis of the limb.

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phlegmasia al·ba do·lens (lb dlnz)

n.

See milk leg.

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phlegmasia alba dolens

Etymology: Gk, phlegmone, inflammation; L, albus, white, dolens, painful

thrombophlebitis of the femoral vein, resulting in pain and edema of the leg. It may occur after childbirth or a severe febrile illness. Also called thrombotic phlegmasia.

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Milk Leg

Extensive deep vein or iliofemoral thrombosis due to stasis of uterine blood, accompanied by painful swelling and pallor of the entire leg, a condition once common in parturition—hence, ‘milk leg’—more often seen in recent abdominal or pelvic surgery; with progression, veins become thrombosed, blood can’t return to heart, leg becomes cool, painful—cyanotic phlegmasia (cerulea dolens)—painful blue leg

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phlegmasia [fleg-ma´zhah]

old term for inflammation.

phlegmasia al´ba do´lens phlebitis of the femoral vein, with swelling of the lower limb, usually without redness, a condition that sometimes follows childbirth or an acute febrile illness. Called also milk leg.

phlegmasia ceru´lea do´lens an acute fulminating form of deep venous thrombosis, with pronounced edema and severe cyanosis of the limb.