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Plethora (medicine)

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30:. The excessive fluid is usually blood, and can be a sign of a number of conditions with different causes. An excess of blood may be either an 301: 154: 228:"Facial Plethora: Modern Technology for Quantifying an Ancient Clinical Sign and Its Use in Cushing Syndrome" 42:. Pulmonary plethora is an increased pulmonary perfusion seen on chest X-rays. A plethora of fluid in the 94: 146: 367: 276: 58:
Plethora includes types of facial plethora, pulmonary plethora, and plethora of the neonate.
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Sarkar S, Rosenkrantz TS (August 2008). "Neonatal polycythemia and hyperviscosity".
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is an increase in the blood volume due in large part to the late clamping of the
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Facial plethora is an excessive blood flow to the face and is a hallmark sign of
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of the vein causes upper body swelling that can lead to facial plethora.
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Pulmonary plethora is an increased pulmonary perfusion seen on
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to an area of the body, or an increase in the volume of blood (
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A plethora of fluid in the pericardial cavity is known as
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Afshari, A; Ardeshirpour, Y; Lodish, MB (October 2015).
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of the facial tissue giving the appearance of a rounded
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Facial plethora may be a sign of Cushing's syndrome,
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The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism
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Index

medical sign
body fluid
excessive blood flow
polycythemia
Cushing's syndrome
pericardial cavity
pericardial effusion
Cushing's syndrome
blood flow
swelling
moon face
red
capillary
superior vena cava syndrome
carcinoid syndrome
polycythemia vera
rosacea
compression
chest X-rays
pericardial effusion
polycythemia of neonates
umbilical cord
transient tachypnea of the newborn


"Skin manifestations of Cushing's syndrome"
doi
10.1007/s11154-016-9399-3
PMC
5181654

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