Ecchymosis
"Ecchymosis" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Extravasation of blood into the skin, resulting in a nonelevated, rounded or irregular, blue or purplish patch, larger than a petechia.
| Descriptor ID |
D004438
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C15.378.100.452 C23.550.414.625 C23.888.885.312
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Queen M, Biem HJ, Moe GW, Sugar L. Development of cholesterol embolization syndrome after intravenous streptokinase for acute myocardial infarction. Am J Cardiol. 1990 Apr 15; 65(15):1042-3.