Embolism

Japanese: 塞栓 - そくせん
Embolism

In vascular systems (blood vessels and lymphatic systems), blood clots or foreign bodies that have flowed in from the outside can flow into narrow vessels and block the flow of blood or lymph. The blockage is called an embolism, and the pathological condition that results from this is called embolism. Types of embolism include blood clots, fat, gas, air, parasites and their eggs, cancer cells, and bacteria, and are called thrombotic embolism, fat embolism, gas embolism, air embolism, egg embolism, cell or tissue embolism, and bacterial embolism, respectively. Gas embolism occurs when gas that was dissolved in blood under high pressure turns into gas bubbles again when pressure is reduced, and is seen in cases of caisson disease (decompression sickness). When an embolism occurs, blood flow to the distal part is cut off, causing tissue necrosis.

[Kenjiro Ito]

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

Japanese:

脈管(血管、リンパ管)の中で、血栓とか、外から流入してきた異物が脈管の細いところに流れ込んで、血液、リンパ液の流れをふさいでしまうことがあり、この流れをふさいでいるものを塞栓とよび、これにより発生する病的状態を塞栓症という。塞栓の種類には、血栓、脂肪、ガス、空気、寄生虫とその虫卵、癌(がん)細胞、細菌などがあり、それぞれ血栓性塞栓症、脂肪塞栓症、ガス塞栓症、空気塞栓症、虫卵塞栓症、細胞または組織塞栓症、細菌塞栓症などとよばれる。ガス塞栓症は、高圧下では血中に溶解していたガスが、減圧時にふたたびガス泡となるためにおこるもので、潜函(せんかん)病(減圧症)のときにみられる。塞栓がおこると、それより末節の血流が絶えて組織が壊死(えし)をおこす。

[伊藤健次郎]

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