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==Gross (VTE)==
==Gross (VTE)==
Features:
*Intravascular spagetti with cream sauce.
*Intravascular spagetti with cream sauce.
*Leg swelling.
*Leg swelling.
*Lines of Zahn.<ref name=Ref_PBoD8_124>{{Ref PBoD8|124}}</ref>
**Pale layers consisting of platelet and fibrin layers alternating with layers of RBCs; components layer during blood flow.
Notes:
*Post-mortem thrombi: one (superior) yellow portion (called "chicken fat") and one (dependent) red portion (RBCs); components layer due to gravity.


==Microscopic (VTE)==
==Microscopic (VTE)==
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