ecchymosis

[ek″ĭ-mo´sis] (pl. ecchymo´ses) (Gr.)

a hemorrhagic spot, larger than a petechia, in the skin or mucous membrane, forming a flat, rounded or irregular, blue or purplish patch. (See Atlas 2, Part R.) adj., adj ecchymot´ic.

ec·chy·mo·sis

(ek'i-mō'sis),

A purplish patch caused by extravasation of blood into the skin, differing from petechiae only in size (that is, larger than 3 mm diameter).

[G. ekchymōsis, ecchymosis, fr. ek, out, + chymos, juice]

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ecchymosis

(ĕk′ĭ-mō′sĭs)

The passage of blood from ruptured blood vessels into subcutaneous tissue, marked by a purple discoloration of the skin.

ec′chy·mot′ic (-mŏt′ĭk) adj.

ecchymosis

Internal bruising or bleeding

ec·chy·mo·sis

(ek-i-mō'sis)

A purplish patch caused by extravasation of blood into the skin, differing from petechiae only in size (i.e., ecchymoses are larger than 3 mm diameter).

[G. ekchymōsis, ecchymosis, fr. ek, out, + chymos, juice]

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ecchymosis

Bleeding (haemorrhage) or bruising in the skin or a mucous membrane, in the form of small, round spots or purplish discoloration.

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Ecchymosis (plural, ecchymoses)

The medical term for a bruise. Ecchymoses may develop around the eyes following a nasal fracture.

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ec·chy·mo·sis

(ek-i-mō'sis)

Purplish patch due to blood extravasation into the skin, differing from petechiae only in size.

[G. ekchymōsis, ecchymosis, fr. ek, out, + chymos, juice]

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The drain was removed; his voice was normal and there were no ecchymosis. Postoperative fiberoptic laryngoscopy revealed a hematoma near the right vocal fold (Figure 1) and paralysis on the right vocal fold; however, the airway was open.

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Her fever increased and cutaneous lesions evolved to hemorrhages and ecchymosis in both hands and feet.

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Complications were only mild with reports of ecchymosis in three patients, while five patients had mild blepharoptosis readily reversed with hyaluronidase.

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The patient had stiffness of the pectoral muscles, and petechiation and ecchymosis noted around the eyes and beneath the mandible.

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Dengue non-hemorrhagic patient were categorized by their symptoms like headache, fever, retro-orbital pain, backache, bone and joint pain, weakness, depression and malaise while dengue hemorrhagic fever patients were with the symptoms of restlessness, acute fever, sweating severe abdominal pain, petechiae, ecchymosis, epistaxis and shock.

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Patients usually present with some combination of epistaxis, edema, laceration, instability, crepitation, ecchymosis, and deformity; however, these physical findings may not always be present and are often fading (5).

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Examination showed elderly female in altered mental state, lethargic with bilateral upper extremity deformities from rheumatoid arthritis, with dorsum of left hand swollen with ecchymosis. Radial artery pulse was feeble.

Group A Streptococci-Associated Necrotizing Fasciitis following Cat Bite in an Immunocompromised Patient

Presence of ecchymosis on the overlying skin was also noticed (Figure 1).

Cystic Lymphangioma of the Chest Wall in a 5-Year-Old Male Patient: A Rare and Atypical Localization--A Case Report and Comprehensive Review of the Literature

Physical examination was notable for a 10 X 15 cm mass of the left chest flank associated with ecchymosis. The patient was also seen to have paradoxical motion of this mass with respiration.

A Case of Spontaneous Transdiaphragmatic Intercostal Hernia with Contralateral Injury, and Review of the Literature