Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, April 2, 2008 at 6:09pm.
The thrombus (blood clot in a blood vessel) can break off and become an embolus (a free-floating clot) that can travel into the lungs.
I searched Google under the key words "'blood clot' lung" to get these possible sources:
http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/dci/Diseases/pe/pe_what.html
http://www.healthscout.com/ency/68/497/main.html
http://www.emedicinehealth.com/blood_clot_in_the_legs/article_em.htm
In the future, you can find the information you desire more quickly, if you use appropriate key words to do your own search.
I hope this helps. Thanks for asking.
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