Talk:Ecchymosis

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This article was initially categorized based on scheme outlined at WP:DERM:CAT. kilbad (talk) 17:02, 4 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

trauma vs ecchymosis vs bruise

Comment: Purpura can be caused by trauma (pg 86, Robbins Basic Pathology). So if purpura can be caused by trauma, then ecchymosis def can too. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 167.206.17.115 (talk) 13:51, 17 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah, what's up with that? The point the article seems to be trying (and failing) to make is that bruises can be ecchymoses, but not all ecchymoses are bruises. 72.200.151.13 (talk) 00:00, 10 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

discoloration distant from trauma site

Please add more information about large areas of skin discoloration (Ecchymosis "bruise") caused by blood seepage from nearby but distinctly separate location of actual trauma (Hematoma swelling bump). (The Bruise article currently seems much better about this than the Ecchymosis article which really ought to be more detailed and helpful about this aspect.)-73.61.15.113 (talk) 21:59, 7 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Petechiae / Purpura

In "Signs and Symptoms" the size where a contusion crosses over from petechiae to purpura is stated as 2mm; but in "See Also" it is 3mm. Eragon8 (talk) 18:42, 29 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]