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A 19-year-old male asked:
Can blood clots of the penis travel to the lungs and cause pulmonary embolism?
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A Verified Doctoranswered
Trauma Surgery 52 years experience
NO: Mondor's disease is a local phenomenon, Here is a good article:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2978449/
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You may want to be checked for hypercoagulacion.
Feb 24, 2016
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