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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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skin symptoms

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Highly Cited
2006
Highly Cited
2006
Lower Energy Endovenous Laser Ablation of the Great Saphenous Vein with 980 nm Diode Laser in Continuous Mode
PurposeTo assess clinical outcomes, complication rates, and unit energy applied using 980 nm diode endovenous laser treatment at… 
Highly Cited
2002
Highly Cited
2002
Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever in Kosovo
Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever (CCHF) virus is transmitted to humans by Hyalomma ticks or by direct contact with the blood of… 
Highly Cited
1997
Highly Cited
1997
MMR2 immunization at 4 to 5 years and 10 to 12 years of age: a comparison of adverse clinical events after immunization in the Vaccine Safety Datalink project. The Vaccine Safety Datalink Team.
BACKGROUND The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices recommends a second dose of measles, mumps, and rubella vaccine (MMR2… 
Review
1992
Review
1992
Colposcopy to establish physical findings in rape victims.
Review
1992
Review
1992
Interobserver agreement in the examination of acute ankle injury patients.
Review
1991
Review
1991
Cutaneous manifestations of multiple myeloma.
We report the cutaneous manifestations of multiple myeloma, using a retrospective review of 115 patients' records obtained from… 
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… 
Highly Cited
1984
Highly Cited
1984
Carbon dioxide laser blepharoplasty.
Highly Cited
1968
Highly Cited
1968
The seat belt syndrome. The seat belt sign, intestinal and mesenteric injuries.
Highly Cited
1965
Highly Cited
1965
PETECHIAE, ECCHYMOSES, AND NECROSIS OF SKIN INDUCED BY COUMARIN CONGENERS: RARE, OCCASIONALLY LETHAL COMPLICATION OF ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY.
A rare complication of coumarin-congener anticoagulant therapy characterized by a sequence of skin lesions (petechiae, ecchymoses… 
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