(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.
Hematoma
Definition:
(n.) A circumscribed swelling produced by an effusion of blood beneath the skin.
Example Sentences:
(1) A case of dissecting hematoma involving the left main, left anterior descending, and left circumflex coronary arteries is described in a patient who had received vigorous closed-chest cardiac resuscitation.
(2) The authors present a boy with a sudden onset a large intracranial hematoma causing rapid neurologic deterioration.
(3) Blunt trauma to the epigastrum may result in a retroperitoneal hematoma involving the head of the pancreas and descending duodenum.
(4) Hematoma clot weighing 10 grams was removed through emergency craniotomy, followed by external decompression.
(5) We conclude that these good results are due to the short interval between accident and operation as well as to the evacuation of the intraarticular hematoma, together with a stable internal fixation and functional rehabilitation.
(6) We report a case of a 47-year-old man with anti-phospholipid antibody syndrome associated with subdural hematoma.
(7) Two term newborn infants born by frank breech delivery had posterior fossa hemorrhage diagnosed by CT scan within the first 72 hours of life and underwent successful surgical drainage of hematoma.
(8) We report the case of a small spontaneous mesencephalic hematoma which occurred in a 50 year-old normotensive male patient.
(9) Cavernous hemangiomas of the brain stem are usually discovered accidentally during evacuation of a hematoma, and successful surgical treatment of these lesions is seldom achieved.
(10) Renal injuries associated with large or expanding retroperitoneal hematomas were more likely to require temporary vascular occlusion than injuries without such associated hematomas.
(11) Four percent of the 20-gauge and 2% of the 21-gauge patients had mild hematomas.
(12) We report the case of a pediatric patient with a spontaneous spinal subdural hematoma that was not associated with a coagulation abnormality.
(13) Drainage of the hematoma was uniformly curative, although six patients had transient postoperative symptoms.
(14) In the cases with Large hematoma, Low ICP was not observed, but High ICP was found in 4 of 7 cases operated on within 8 hours (57.1%) and the other three indicated Moderate ICP (42.9%).
(15) CT findings of 46 patients with operatively confirmed chronic subdural hematomas are reviewed.
(16) T1 values of chronic hematomas (more than 3 days old) were comparatively short and in the same range as T1 of white matter.
(17) The postoperative CT images show successful evacuation of the hematoma, and the clinical evaluation also showed satisfactory results.
(18) In such a case with a large hematoma, the presence of a tumor may be obscured on CT scan and angiography.
(19) The attenuation values of each pixels in hematoma formed V-figure in profile display, vfrying from minimum density (40-60) in the center of radiolucent zone to the maximum density (80-90) in peripheral clots.
(20) The symptom course was longer than that for spontaneous epidural hematoma.