Portions of these infected clots may become dislodged and be carried by the blood stream to distant parts of the body where they form embolic abscesses. Handbook of gynecology - Page 270 by Henry Foster Lewis - 1917 - 446 pages Full view - About this book
...small veins. Fragments of the friable thrombus, containing the bacteria, are readily detached and may be carried by the blood stream to distant parts of the body and there excite local suppuration. Usually the septic emboli are carried first to the lungs, and these...