A 13-year-old girl with intermittent episodes of bruising was referred to our hematology clinic after several visits to her private physician. The bruises appeared sud.denly on her extremities, face, and chin after little or no trauma. The patient had no history of ecchymo-ses, petechiae, ...
A risk with this type of bruising is that trauma severe enough to cause damage at that depth can also potentially seriously injure bones and organs. People may have broken bones and other injuries, and could develop an internal hemorrhage caused by breakage of larger blood vessels than those ...
While on another end of the spectrum entirely from things like cancer, meningitis, and hemophilia, getting bruises you don't remember could be a sign of sleepwalking, night terrors, or something else relating to sleep cycles. In that case, especially with children, it is important to try to...
People have excessive bleeding into deep tissues such as muscles, joints, and the back of the abdominal cavity, usually following minor trauma. Bleeding may occur in the brain, which can be fatal. Certain disorders trigger the clotting system throughout the body. Instead of causing blood clots ...
Bruising may arise from either a direct blow to the ankle or from injury to the ligaments, muscles or bones. Although some causes are easy to identify, such as a sprained ankle after stepping in a pothole, others may present with no obvious sign of injury. Direct trauma to the inner ankl...
Thus it is not unexpected, albeit interestingly o nly twice, that localised bruising has been reported with cutaneous malignant melanoma.1,2 However, the occurrence of similar bruising without a history of trauma and also not in micro-anatomical continuity with a subcutaneous tumour has not been ...
MONTELUKASTPARTIAL thromboplastin timeAn 11-year-old male with a background history of asthma and allergic rhinitis presented with a 1-month history of bruising to the anterior and posterior aspects of his lower limbs. There was no history of recent trauma and he was otherwise well with no ...
It is well known that periorbital ecchymosis is easily recognized and associated with basal skull fractures. In cases without a history of trauma it may be a sign of systemic abnormalities such as neuroblastoma [1]. Particularly in mild cases, the correct diagnosis of this condition is ...
Although straddle injuries usually cause signs of trauma to the external genitalia, very rarely isolated penetrative hymenal injuries have been reportedwith accidental injury. This may occur in the context of falling onto a projecting object. A careful social history should always be elucidated to ...