What's the difference between ecchymose and ecchymosis?
Ecchymose
Definition:
(v. t.) To discolor by the production of an ecchymosis, or effusion of blood, beneath the skin; -- chiefly used in the passive form; as, the parts were much ecchymosed.
Example Sentences:
(1) The appearance of petechiae and ecchymoses following anticoagulant and fibrinolytic therapy is an unusual and rare complication.
(2) During anticoagulant and fibrinolytic therapy, 6 patients developed petechiae and ecchymoses which was accompanied by pain and fever.
(3) The pain subsides when the ecchymoses appear a day later or earlier.
(4) The symptoms and signs were: oedema, gastro-intestinal symptoms, pain at the site of the bite, respiratory distress, leucocytosis, CNS depression, shock, fever, cyanosis, exanthema, ecchymoses, incoagulable blood, lymphangitis, melaena, thrombocytopenia, haematuria, and ophthalmoplegia.
(5) The ecchymoses disappeared when the IUD was removed, but recurred when replaced.
(6) Complications, in decreasing frequency, included pain, ecchymoses, blistering, ulceration and necrosis in the area of tumor involvement on the chest wall.
(7) Hemorrhagic manifestations are usually mild (i.e., ecchymoses or purpura) but can be severe in occasional patients who may have gastrointestinal tract or intracranial bleeding.
(8) Colonoscopy revealed small areas of mucosal ecchymoses in the ascending colon.
(9) With the reservation that platelet function was not investigated and fibrinolysis only partly, this study of the coagulation factors of eight patients with orbital venous vasculitis showed normal findings, suggesting immunologic etiology rather than coagulation deficiency as the cause of the spontaneous ecchymoses.
(10) Orbital venous vasculitis has earlier been shown to be associated with spontaneous ecchymoses.
(11) There is no evidence as yet that these ecchymoses are of any clinical significance for most patients.
(12) One month and a half later he developed again epistaxis, ecchymoses, splenomegaly and an acute abdomen.
(13) In addition to haemorrhagic bullae in every patient, epistaxis was present in 53, petechiae and ecchymoses in 23, subconjunctival or scleral bleeds in 17, melaena and haematemesis in 16, haematuria in 12 and menorrhagia in 9 patients.
(14) A boy, aged 4 years, presented with frequent ecchymoses.
(15) Rarely, erythema nodosum or multiforme and ecchymoses with petechial rashes are seen.
(16) Dimethadione caused a dose-related decrease in fetal weight and an increased incidence of umbilical hernia, ecchymoses and subcutaneous edema.
(17) During the time ecchymoses were present, both patients had decreased serum complement levels; when the lesions healed, the serum complement level returned to normal.
(18) It also included easy bruisability, but it did not include other characteristic features of Ehlers-Danlos syndrome type IV, such as ecchymoses, abnormal scarring, or prominent subcutaneous blood vessels.
(19) Petechiae and ecchymoses in a newborn infant followed by prolonged jaundice facilitated early diagnosis.
(20) Cosmetic injuries (ecchymoses, abrasions) were more likely with vacuum extraction than with forceps (44.1 versus 29.5%).
Ecchymosis
Definition:
(n.) A livid or black and blue spot, produced by the extravasation or effusion of blood into the areolar tissue from a contusion.
Example Sentences:
(1) Salient clinical findings in this case include DIC associated with extensive ecchymosis and subsequent gangrene of the skin, thrombotic complications that began on the third day of life.
(2) Diagnosis is based upon the following signs: sudden onset of pain, sometimes after effort, and in the knee rather than in the calf, and more especially ecchymosis occurring in the internal supramalleolar region.
(3) Colposcopic magnification allowed examiners to characterize these findings as acute mounting injuries, typically seen at 3, 6, and 9 o'clock on the posterior fourchette and consisting chiefly of lacerations, ecchymosis, and swelling.
(4) Massive lid oedema, ecchymosis, proptosis with a total restriction of extraocular movement, markedly raised intraocular pressure, and occlusion of the central retinal artery developed acutely in the right eye of a 26-year-old woman with a past history of disseminated intravascular coagulation.
(5) A neonate with severe scrotal ecchymosis resulting from a breech delivery is presented.
(6) The amount of postoperative edema and ecchymosis did not appear to be significantly different with the Nd:YAG laser compared with conventional surgery.
(7) Two patients are reported who developed periorbital ecchymosis in association with migraine.
(8) The incidence of conjunctival ecchymosis and palpebral hematoma with such technique ranges from 2% to 9%; it does not represent any intraoperative problem but may difficult surgery.
(9) A case report of an outstanding college football halfback with partial factor XI deficiency, recurrent ecchymosis, and myositis ossificans is reviewed.
(10) Infected dogs were anorectic and lethargic and developed cutaneous lesions characteristic of Rocky Mountain spotted fever, including petechia, ecchymosis, edema, and necrosis.
(11) During the ensuing hours the patient developed an area of ecchymosis on the anterior chest.
(12) We examined an inhibitor to factor VIII in non-haemophilic patient who had been developed widely spread ecchymosis and intramuscular bleeding.
(13) Based on the data reviewed for blunt and penetrating trauma, we recommend that an IVP be performed in: all patients with gross hematuria; all patients who present with pain or tenderness that could be referrable to the genitourinary tract, even in the absence of hematuria; all patients with flank hematoma or ecchymosis; and all patients with penetrating trauma that could reasonably be expected to injure the genitourinary tract.
(14) 3 simple lentigines, 2 solar lentigines, 7 recent surgical scars (from re-excision of non-melanocytic tumors), 2 surgical scars from re-excisions of melanomas (after complete primary excisions), 9 hemangiomas from non-sun-exposed skin, 1 basal cell carcinoma, 1 acute ecchymosis, 1 keloid, and 1 dermatofibroma.
(15) Careful examination of the skin revealed multiple linear ecchymosis of varying ages on the back and thighs and a hand print on the right flank.
(16) In addition, trends toward less ecchymosis, less intranasal edema, and less discomfort in the patients receiving steroids were noted.
(17) The possible mechanism of the occurrence of periorbital ecchymosis in migraine is discussed.
(18) Local effects of the IA CDDP included gluteal pain and ecchymosis (n = 1) and moderately disabling lower extremity neuropathies (n = 3).
(19) In addition to reduced intraoperative time and bleeding, we found less postoperative ecchymosis and edema on the laser-treated side.
(20) The clinical picture was subacute in 20 cases, with abdominal pain and extensive ecchymosis, acute in 4 cases, and reduced to an abdominal mass in 3 cases.