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Ecchymosis

Known as: Bruise, Ecchymoses, Ecchymosis [Disease/Finding] 
Extravasation of blood into the skin, resulting in a nonelevated, rounded or irregular, blue or purplish patch, larger than a petechia.
National Institutes of Health

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BLEEDING DISORDER, PLATELET-TYPE, 11ContusionsCraniofaciofrontodigital SyndromeEHLERS-DANLOS SYNDROME, MUSCULOCONTRACTURAL TYPE 1

Narrower (7)

Contusion of handContusion of lower legContusion of thighbruise of head

Broader (1)

skin symptoms

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2011
2011
Coma bullae: associations beyond medications.
A 49-year-old man with a history of anterior scleritis who was receiving maintenance azathioprine therapy presented with… 
2000
2000
Dissociative identity disorder presenting with psychogenic purpura.
Received August 11, 1999; revised November 29, 1999; accepted December 9, 1999. From the Department of Psychiatry and Department… 
1988
1988
Systemic Symptoms Associated with Orbital Venous Vasculitis
Orbital venous vasculitis has been suggested to cause characteristic periorbital pain in patients with pathologic changes in… 
Highly Cited
1987
Highly Cited
1987
Vacuum Extraction Versus Forceps Delivery: Indications and Complications, 1979 to 1984
Two hundred fifty-six vacuum extractions and 300 randomly chosen forceps deliveries were analyzed retrospectively. Vacuum… 
1982
1982
Periorbital ecchymoses as the initial sign in multiple myeloma.
A 61-year-old man with bilateral recurrent periorbital ecchymoses was followed up for 36 months, at which time the diagnosis of… 
1981
1981
Spontaneously acquired Factor IX inhibitors in childhood.
Two previously healthy children, ages 8 months and 35 months, developed spontaneous inhibitors to Factor IX. Brief illnesses of… 
1977
1977
Studies of the coagulation and complement systems during experimental Rocky Mountain spotted fever in rhesus monkeys.
We studied the coagulation and complement systems during Rocky Mountain spotted fever in Macaca mulatta experimentally infected… 
1972
1972
Purpura factitia. An analysis of criteria for its differentiation from auto-erythrocyte sensitization purpura.
"Spontaneous" ecchymoses were noted in a case of purpura factitia. They occurred in easily accessible parts of the body without… 
Review
1969
Review
1969
Intoxicação por Cestrum laevigatum schlecht., a causa de mortandades em bovinos no Estado do Rio de Janeiro
This study was initiated to determine the cause of certain cattle deaths in the State of Rio de Janeiro. These deaths have… 
1958
1958
A circulation inhibitor (anti-AcG) specific for the labile factor-V of the blood-clotting mechanism.
Study of the present hemorrhagic disorder establishes, without doubt, the presence of a powerful specific anti-AcG. The…