[Anatomical and medical laboratory parallels of various forms of thrombus formation]

77 patients who had suffered from various diseases and had died under clinical circumstances of thromboembolic complications were systematically examined in clinical and morphological respect. Depending on the pathological-anatomical character of thrombus formation determined they were classified into 4 groups: 1. Massive venous thromboses with embolus of the lung; 2. Disseminated intravasal coagulation; 3. Locally limited, mainly arterial thromboses or some microthromboses; 4. Without any thrombotic complications. A distinct dependence between the changes in the standard values of the coagulation status (fibrinogen, thrombocytes, prothrombin time, bleeding and coagulation time) and the character and extent of thrombotic processes could not be detected. It is solely the level of fibrin splitting products which, to a certain degree, reflects the extent and spread of thrombotic processes.