painful bruising syndrome
1painful bruising syndrome — a purpuric reaction usually seen in young to middle aged women, characterized by spontaneous, chronic, recurring painful ecchymoses, occurring singly or multiply, without significant prior trauma; it may be precipitated by emotional stress.… …
2syndrome — The aggregate of symptoms and signs associated with any morbid process, and constituting together the picture of the disease. SEE ALSO: disease. [G. s., a running together, tumultuous concourse; (in med.) a concurrence of symptoms, fr. syn,… …
3Gardner-Diamond syndrome — Gard·ner Dia·mond syndrome (gahrdґnər diґah mənd) [Frank H. Gardner, American physician, born 1919; Louis Klein Diamond, American pediatrician, 1902–1999] painful bruising syndrome …
4autoerythrocyte sensitization syndrome — painful bruising s …
5erythrocyte autosensitization syndrome — painful bruising s …
6Gardner-Diamond syndrome — painful bruising s …
7Ehlers–Danlos syndrome — Classification and external resources The collagen fibril and EDS. (a) Normal collagen fibrils are of uniform size and spacing. Fibrils from a patient with dermatosparaxis (b) show dramatic alterations in fibril morphology with severe effects on… …
8psychogenic purpura — painful bruising syndrome; the term is sometimes used more narrowly to denote only those cases without evidence of sensitivity to erythrocytes …
9List of cutaneous conditions — This is an incomplete list, which may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by expanding it with reliably sourced entries. See also: Cutaneous conditions, Category:Cutaneous conditions, and ICD 10… …
10Vasculitis — Classification and external resources Micrograph showing a vasculitis (Churg Strauss syndrome). H E stain …
