What's the difference between ecchymotic and petechial?
Ecchymotic
Definition:
(a.) Pertaining to ecchymosis.
Example Sentences:
(1) Fibronectin levels were lower in children with ecchymotic or necrotic purpura on admission than in those with petechial purpura; they were lower in those who developed cutaneous sequelae, but it is not known if correction of fibronectin deficiency may limit the extent of purpura and prevent the cutaneous sequelae.
(2) Ecchymotic patches on the fingers and vascular purpura in Gardner-Diamond syndrome are two benign but recurrent clinical disorders occurring chiefly in young women.
(3) All the patients had fever, restlessness, ecchymotic spots and ascites.
(4) At necropsy, petechial and ecchymotic haemorrhages were widespread, but were particularly severe in the gastrointestinal tract.
(5) Gross pathological examination revealed pronounced hemorrhagic congestion of the gastrointestinal tract and petechial and ecchymotic hemorrhages in other visceral organs.
(6) The most serious complications occur in type I EDS (gravis) and type IV (ecchymotic) and include extensive perineal tears and hematoma after vaginal delivery, uterine prolapse and rupture, difficulty in suturing wounds and controlling hemorrhage after cesarean section, spontaneous rupture of major arteries, and bowel perforation.
(7) The ulcers all had an initial bruise-like appearance or ecchymotic perimeter.
(8) In two of these three animals, extensive petechial and ecchymotic hemorrhages were observed on all mucosal surfaces and on various internal organs during the period of severe thrombocytopenia.
(9) On a basis of 100 personally examined patients and a review of published accounts, these events seem particularly likely to occur in two distinct and recognizable forms (the gravis and the ecchymotic forms) of the syndrome.
(10) Type IV EDs, the arterial-ecchymotic type, is of concern to vascular surgeons because it is frequently associated with spontaneous catastrophic bleeding.
(11) Their mother's sisters, who have been developing ecchymotic spots were found to have normal clot stability and Factor XIII levels.
(12) This syndrome most often appears in young women who have an underlying emotional disorder; features include bizarre, tender ecchymotic lesions, which are most commonly located on the arms and legs.
(13) The arterial-ecchymotic type IV is notorious for large vessel involvement associated with spontaneous catastrophic bleeding.
(14) Ecchymotic cellulitis in infants should, in the first place, evoke an Haemophilus influenzae infection.
(15) Ecchymotic episodes accompanied by sharp pain begin at the roots of the fingers.
(16) Ehlers-Danlos syndrome is an uncommon autosomal-dominantly inherited connective tissue disorder marked by excessive skin and joint laxity and easy bruising and ecchymotic tendency that poses a formidable threat to achieving face lift surgery in its normal perspective.
(17) Necropsy revealed variable degrees of abomasitis, petechial and ecchymotic hemorrhages, and ulcers (ranging from pinpoint to nearly perforate) in the abomasum.
(18) No foci of hepatic necrosis were observed macroscopically and, except for petechial and ecchymotic haemorrhages in the mucosa of the abomasum and generalized lymphadenopathy, no other obvious macroscopic lesions were noted.
(19) Two deer, also, had extensive subcutaneous petechial and ecchymotic haemorrhages and oedema of skeletal musculature.
(20) The clinical features of torsion in the newborn is non-tenderness when the scrotum is swollen, ecchymotic or nontransilluminating.
Petechial
Definition:
(a.) Characterized by, or pertaining to, petechiae; spotted.
Example Sentences:
(1) These included petechial rash, hypertrichosis, acute renal failure, fluid retention and cardiac failure.
(2) Petechial implants produced twice the amount of PGF than intermediate implants (P less than 0.05), which in turn produced more PGF than powder-burn implants (P less than 0.05).
(3) Fibronectin levels were lower in children with ecchymotic or necrotic purpura on admission than in those with petechial purpura; they were lower in those who developed cutaneous sequelae, but it is not known if correction of fibronectin deficiency may limit the extent of purpura and prevent the cutaneous sequelae.
(4) The first group comprises those of general pathologic changes, such as visceral congestion and petechial hemorrhages.
(5) The lower borders of the congestion and petechial haemorrhages in the face and neck were located 1 or 2 centimeters above the ligature mark.
(6) These observations suggested that the blood flow in the dura mater fluctuates due to a change of microenvironment, which probably causes repeated secondary petechial haemorrhages in the dura and its adherent necrotic brain tissue, even 101 days after brain death.
(7) Histologically, edematous changes, occlusion of vessels, and petechial hemorrhages were found in the brain.
(8) The surrounding gray matter showed petechial hemorrhages and abundant proteinaceous exudates rich in antifibrinogen-positive material.
(9) TPTA produced brain congestion, and hepatic and pulmonary petechial and generalized hemorrhages.
(10) Only two of these nine neonates presented with hemorrhagic syndromes (two, petechial purpura; one, intracranial bleeding).
(11) Gastric mucosal petechial haemorrhages are probably without clinical significance because they are very common in the general population (10-15%) and do not progress to erosions and ulcers.
(12) Soon after a confluent petechial exanthem was noted, as well as conjunctival and gastrointestinal bleedings.
(13) Both diseases were characterized by fever, depression, lymphadenopathy, and signs of neurologic dysfunction; petechial hemorrhages or other signs of hemorrhagic diathesis were evident only in a small proportion of cases.
(14) The livers showed multiple small white foci, petechial hemorrhages, and swelling.
(15) With increasing intensity of laryngeal compression (especially due to cricoid fracture) rises the portion of broad extravasates; petechial bleedings most frequently are in strangulation by ligature.
(16) The lesions remained confined to the glandular mucosa and consisted of small punctiform lesions, erosions and petechial hemorrhage.
(17) After greater than 4 weeks of therapy, the patient had a petechial rash and prolonged bleeding time, which were diagnosed and confirmed by skin biopsy at cesarean section as vasculitis.
(18) Six of 40 frogs in a continuous (once through) water flow housing system had weight loss, swollen abdomen, corneal edema, uveitis, subcutaneous edema, petechial hemorrhage, incoordination, and respiratory distress.
(19) At necropsy, petechial and ecchymotic haemorrhages were widespread, but were particularly severe in the gastrointestinal tract.
(20) The gross pathology of the disease in mice was characterized by splenomegaly, lymphadenopathy and petechial haemorrhages similar to that observed in cattle and buffalo with HS.