Platelet embolism (Q98838)

This is the event of lodging of an embolus (a detached intravascular mass capable of clogging arterial capillary beds at a site far from its origin) into a narrow capillary vessel of an arterial bed which causes a blockage (vascular occlusion) in small, irregularly shaped clear cell fragments which are derived from fragmentation of precursor megakaryocytes.