Catalog

Platelet embolism

No MMS code

Link to WHO Definition

Platelet embolism – http://id.who.int/icd/entity/1236667431

This is the event of lodging of an embolus (a detached intravascular mass capable of clogging arterial capillary beds at a site far from its origin) into a narrow capillary vessel of an arterial bed which causes a blockage (vascular occlusion) in small, irregularly shaped clear cell fragments which are derived from fragmentation of precursor megakaryocytes.