Thrombocytopenia is the reduction of platelet number to below normal level. It may be due to the decrease in production, increase in destruction, abnormal spreading in the body or the laboratory errors. B12 deficiency is a rarely seen vitamin deficiency in childhood. It presents with megaloblastic anemia and is difficult to diagnose because of various clinical findings. Here we would like to pr...

PURPOSE This study aimed to assess the effect of the application of local cold and cold-hot packs upon the size of bruising at the injection site of subcutaneous enoxaparin sodium. METHODS One-hundred and eighty patients with coronary diseases were allocated randomly to three groups: (i) local cold gel pack group; (ii) local cold-hot gel pack group; and (iii) control group. Assessment of the ...

A 44-year-old female fainted when she went to the bathroom at midnight. There was a bruise over her right cheek when she regained consciousness. The patient had no headache or neurological defects on physical examination. The computed tomographic (CT) scan of the brain showed a chronic subdural hematoma over the right fronto-parietal lobe 12 weeks after the fainting episode. She took a modifica...

Visible and short-wavelength near-infrared (SW-NIR) spectroscopy (600-1100 nm) was used to detect bruises in intact, whole Pacific pink salmon (Oncorhynchus gorbuscha). The measurements were performed noninvasively through the skin and scales in the diffuse reflectance mode. Digital images of bruised and nonbruised regions of fish were captured after the fish samples were filleted. Image analys...

Angiosarcoma is a highly malignant vascular tumor of endothelial origin. Initially, a cutaneous manifestation presents as a singular or multifocal bruise-like patches on the skin, most frequently on the face, the scalp or the neck regions. On progression, the lesions become violaceous, and ill-defined spongy nodular tumors appear. Our patient was a 71-year-old man with a previous history of ang...

A myocardial contusion refers to a bruise of the cardiac muscle, the severity of which can vary depending on the severity of the injury and when the injury occurs. It is a major cause of rapid death which happens after blunt chest trauma and should be suspected at triage in the emergency department. We demonstrated that suspected myocardial contusion patients who have normal electrocardiograms ...

Abstract India is the fifth-largest apple producer in world with more than 2 MT per year. Mechanical damage such as bruises of apples ( Malus domestica Borkh.), which can result considerable wastage and decline quality, a major problem industry. On-site investigations orchard management strategies to reduce Northern were conducted by first author collaboration University Bonn. The industry incl...

Introduction: Physical violence and aggression has been extensively studied in relation to different forms ofaggression, gender differences, its effects, risk factors etc. Violence not only results physical problems butit also economic psychological impact on the victim. Cases of are usually brought toemergency vary from minor injuries fatal outcome.Methods: This research aims understand patter...