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Can there be blood clots of a small size that travel throughout the body but that do no harm?

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Probably: At autopsy, it's common to find a few tiny ones in the lungs, which is where they generally get trapped. Actually, though, in health we think this is uncommon -- the balance of coagulation and anticoagulation works pretty well most of the time.

Dr Altman agreed

Answered 1/1/2016

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