ecchymoses

Ecchymoses, or areas of bleeding into the skin.

"What about the ecchymoses and cotton fibers?"

He diagrammed eleven wounds and labeled them "intense red deep scalp ecchymoses."

Slap marks are a cutaneous condition characterized by ecchymoses and may be a sign of child abuse.

Other specialties such as internal medicine will frequently call all of these ecchymoses, because the finer distinction is not relevant in the particular case.

Identical in appearance to bruises, ecchymoses are blue or purple, changing colors to yellow or green over time.

"Dr. Edgerton, are the ecchymoses around the mouth conclusive proof of smothering?"

"Ecchymoses are small bruises, in layman's terms.

Large purpura are called ecchymoses.

Larger than petechiae, ecchymoses are purple, blue or yellow-green bruises that vary in size and shape.

If this were the case for St. Francis, he would have been afflicted by ecchymoses, an exceedingly large purpura.

Newborns may have punctate macules, ecchymoses, or "blueberry muffin" lesions.

Circumorbital (around eye socket) ecchymoses and subconjunctival hemorrhage indicate a possible fracture.

Traumatic purpura is a skin condition resulting from trauma which produces ecchymoses of bizarre shapes suggestive of abuse.

Additionally, there were perioral ecchymoses and intraoral cotton fibers that matched the shirt the infant was found in."

Painless, round and pinpoint (1 to 3 mm in diameter) petechiae usually appear and fade, and sometimes group to form ecchymoses.

Inspection typically reveals evidence of bleeding (petechiae or ecchymoses), along with slow, continuous bleeding from any injuries or wounds.

The most common side effects include lymphadenopathy (swollen lymph nodes), itching, pain, oedema, and bleeding (for example in the form of bruises or ecchymoses).

On the upper half: the head is intact, with massive depressed skull fractures, facial features significantly obscured by massive ecchymoses, hematomas and edema.

Epistaxis, petechiae and ecchymoses are common symptoms, as are subconjunctival bleeding and menorrhagia.

Runner's rump is a cutaneous condition characterized by a small ecchymoses in upper gluteal cleft caused by constant friction with each stride when running.

"Kirmisson's sign": Transverse striated ecchymoses at the elbow seen in fractures of the humerus with displacement of the higher fragment.

The skin can show the effects of vascular damage often coupled with depletion of coagulation factors in the form of petechiae, purpura and ecchymoses.

That is, a bruise is caused by trauma whereas ecchymoses, a type of purpura, is not caused by trauma.

Cutaneous presentation may include: maculopapular rash, petechiae, purpura, ecchymoses, and hematomas (especially around needle injection sites).