A "pulmonary embolus" involves clots that usually start in the legs, above the knees. The clot is exactly what you visualize - a lump of blood that firms up because it has been pooling in one spot.

DEAR DR. ROACH: During my recent visit with my optometrist, a retinal embolus (a Hollenhorst plaque) was discovered in my right eye. It was stated that this embolus could possibly dislodge, travel ...

An embolus can be a piece of fat or even a tumor, too. What Can a PDE Do to You? The paradoxical embolism can block blood flow to organs or other parts of your body.

During my recent visit with my optometrist, a retinal embolus (a Hollenhorst plaque) was discovered in my right eye. It was stated that this embolus could possibly dislodge, travel to my brain and ...

Medications and their Potential to Cause Increase 'Embolus' Developed by - Dr. M. Janani Priya, Pharm D Reviewed by - Dr. M. Sree Mohana Preetha, Pharm D Last Updated on Nov 16, 2023 ...

Removal of an Embolus from a 17-Year-Old Girl Who Had Progressive Stroke, with Hemiplegia, Anarthria, Bilateral Ptosis, and Loss of Consciousness.

You don’t need to worry about what they found going somewhere else. The concern is that the same source of cholesterol could send another embolus to your eye (which can cause vision loss), or to ...

A 3-dimensional volume-rendered image was constructed from the CT data (Fig. 3), allowing only the contrast-filled heart and vasculature to be viewed. (In this colourized version of the image, the ...

A new research paper titled "Initiation of tumor dormancy by the lymphovascular embolus" has been published in Oncotarget Researchers Yin Ye, Justin Wang, Michael G. Izban, Billy R. Ballard, and ...

Suspected fibrocartilaginous embolus in Asian small-clawed otter (Aonyx cinereus). Journal of Veterinary Medical Science, 2025; 87 (3): 332 DOI: 10.1292/jvms.24-0462 ...

Medications and their Potential to Cause Increase 'Aortic embolus' Developed by - Dr. M. Janani Priya, Pharm D Reviewed by - Dr. M. Sree Mohana Preetha, Pharm D Last Updated on Nov 16, 2023 ...