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The Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on Sexually Transmitted Infections
Bouceiro-Mendes, Rita; Borges-da-Costa, J.Novel coronavirus disease of 2019 (COVID-19) has impacted health care in general and has disrupted our routines. Health care services were mostly directed towards the emergency response and containment measures to halt virus spreading have been applied worldwide. It has also indirectly impacted the transmission of other infections, including sexually transmitted infections (STI). For STI, physical distancing me...
Extensive Condylomata Lata as the Only Manifestation of Secondary Syphilis
Bouceiro-Mendes, Rita; Silva, Leandro; Espinosa-Lara, Pablo; Soares-de-Almeida, Luís; Borges-da-Costa, J.Syphilis is a sexually transmitted infection with a multiplicity of clinical presentations that has been known for centuries. Recently, a new wave of syphilis has been reported in developed countries and men who have sex with men, especially those coinfected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), have the highest rates of syphilis infection. In these patients, cutaneous manifestation can be even more diverse....
Vulvar Diseases that Required a Biopsy: A Retrospective Study
Bouceiro-Mendes, Rita; Mendonça-Sanches, M.; Soares-de-Almeida, Luís; Correia-Fonseca, Isabel; Borges-da-Costa, JoãoIntroduction: The vulvar area may be affected by many noninfectious conditions with similar clinical appearance, requiring a cutaneous biopsy. Our goal was to characterize the noninfectious vulvar diseases that required a biopsy in a southwestern Europe Central Hospital during a 10-year period. Methods: A retrospective study of all the noninfectious vulvar diseases with histological confirmation diagnosed in ou...
Acral Amelanotic Melanoma
Bouceiro-Mendes, Rita; Soares-de-Almeida, LuísN/a.; N/a.
The Bilobed Flap as an Option for Large Neck
Bouceiro-Mendes, Rita; Mendonça-Sanches, M.; Alpalhão, M.; Filipe, P.; Maia Silva, J. N.The bilobed flap has been extensively used in the reconstruction of distal nasal defects. It is a local flap that recruits skin from areas where there is relative skin mobility to close defects in areas where the skin has less plasticity. Besides its usefulness in the reconstruction of small to moderate cutaneous nasal defects it can also be used to reconstruct large defects located in other anatomical areas. W...
Solitary Sclerotic Fibroma
Bouceiro-Mendes, Rita; Mendonça-Sanches, M.; Antunes-Duarte, S.; Soares-de-Almeida, L.Sclerotic fibroma (SF) or storiform collagenoma is a rare and benign skin tumor. Clinically, it usually presents as an asymptomatic, slowly growing papule or nodule on the skin of the head, neck and upper extremities. Other locations have been described including the trunk, oral mucosa and nail bed. SF can present either as a solitary tumor or as multifocal cutaneous lesions and it may occur sporadically or in ...