This woman in her late 60s presented with painful swelling, ecchymoses, and vesicles on sun exposed areas (fig 1). She had no medical history, regular medications, or relevant family history, but ...

Persistent ecchymosis can occur when there is prolonged or repeated trauma to soft tissue. Ecchymosis, or generalized bruising, occurs with diffuse extravasation of blood from a ruptured vessel ...

Initial examination at necropsy revealed a marked swelling of the right mandible with coalescing ecchymoses on the left oral commissure (Fig. 1). Examination of the oral cavity revealed multiple 0 ...