A member asked:

Clotting in lungs now spread to legs, can it be stopped?

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Dr. Benjamin Lerner answered

Specializes in Vascular Surgery

It can be treated: And it is probably the other way around -- clot in the legs has spread (or embolized) to the lungs. This can be treated with blood thinners and occasionally a small filter placed in the inferior vena cava.

Answered 3/21/2014

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