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Late Metastases from a Thin Primary Cutaneous Malignant Melanoma
Caldas, Regina; Almeida, Filipa T.; Pereira, Teresa; Carvalho, Inês; Carvalho, Sofia D.; Brito, CelesteCutaneous malignant melanoma is the third most common type of skin cancer, and its incidence has been rising. Its mortality rate is considerable, due to an aggressive phenotype and great ability of dissemination, mainly in the first years of follow- -up. Late recurrences, those presenting more than 10 years after diagnosis, are rare. The main prognostic factor of cutaneous malignant melanoma is tumor thickness,...
Erosive Lesion of the Nipple
Almeida, Filipa Tavares; Caldas, Regina; Pereira, Teresa; Brito, Celeste.; .
Pruritic Serpiginous Lesions in a Pregnant Woman
Almeida, Filipa Tavares; Santos, Rui Pedro; Duarte, Maria da Luz; Brito, Celeste.; .
Cutaneous Malignant Melanoma: A 7-Year Retrospective Study (2011-2017)
Almeida, Filipa Tavares; Caldas, Regina; Oliveira, Pedro; Brito, CelesteIntroduction: Malignant melanoma is a very aggressive cutaneous neoplasm, with an increasing incidence in the last years. Material and Methods: A retrospective study was conducted through the analysis of patient’s files diagnosed with cutaneous malignant melanoma between 2011 and 2017. Epidemiological, clinical and histopathological characteristics were analyzed and compared with a previous study from this inst...
Chronic Urticaria in the Real-Life Clinical Practice Setting in Portugal: Basel...
Costa, Ana Célia; Rosmaninho, Isabel; Guilherme, Arminda; Ferreira, José; Antunes, Joana; Pina, Ana; Prates, Sara; Marques, João GasparIntroduction: There is a paucity of information regarding chronic urticaria patients’ care in a real-world setting. The objective of this study was to report and evaluate the baseline characteristics of Portuguese chronic urticaria patients refractory to H1-antihistamines included in the AWARE study. Material and Methods: This is a non-interventional cohort study. Adult patients with a diagnosis of chronic urti...
Hand Eczema: Quality of Life and Disease Severity in an Outpatient Portuguese P...
Santos, Rui Pedro; Igreja, Laura; Resende, Cristina; Pereira, Teresa; Brito, CelesteIntroduction: Hand eczema is a very common disease with a significant social and occupational impact.Objectives: To characterize a Portuguese outpatient population with hand eczema; to evaluate the impairment of the disease in quality of life (QoL); to relate the disease severity with QoL.Methods: The authors designed a prospective study. Information about atopy, psoriasis, occupational exposure and duration of...
D-Penicillamine Induced Degenerative Dermopathy in a Patient with Wilson Disease
Santos, Rui Pedro; Gomes, Joana; Brito, CelesteD-penicillamine induced degenerative dermatosis include, among others, elastosis perforans serpiginosa, and pseudo- -pseudoxanthoma elasticum. Elastosis perforans serpiginosa is a rare perforating disease characterized by transepidermal elimination of abnormal elastic fibers. This condition can be idiopathic, reactive or induced by D-penicillamine, commonly used for the treatment of Wilson disease, cystinuria, ...
Livedoid Vasculopathy: A Review of 5 Clinical Cases
Santos, Rui Pedro; Ferreira, Olga; Brito, CelesteLivedoid vasculopathy is an unusual thrombo-occlusive dermatosis that manifests with punctiform erythemato-purpuric lesions and extremely painful ulcers, preferably in the lower third of the legs. We report five patients with livedoid vasculopathy, three men and two women, aged between 24 and 54 years, with no relevant personal background. The diagnosis was confirmed by biopsy in four cases. Study of thrombophi...
DERMATOPHYTOSES IN BRAGA – A RETROSPECTIVE STUDY OF THE LAST 11 YEARS (1999 – 2...
Rocha, Joana; Duarte, Maria Luz; Oliveira, Pedro; Brito, CelesteObjectives: To determine the prevalence of aetiological agents of dermatophytoses and epidemiologic characteristics of patients observed at the Dermatology Department of Hospital de Braga; to analyze the most frequent species, according to age and site of infection, and to compare our results with previous published studies.Material and Methods: Direct microscopy and culture of 5825 samples from patients with s...
TRICHOPHYTON VIOLACEUM INFECTION OF SCALP IN AN ADULT WITH DISCOID LUPUS
Ventura, Filipa; Gomes, Joana; Duarte, Maria da Luz; Fernandes, José Carlos; Brito, CelesteTinea capitis is a dermatophyte infection of the scalp. The most frequent pathogens in the Hospital de Braga are Microsporum canis and Trichophyton mentagrophytes var. granulare. It is a common infection in children but rare in adults. A case of an adult woman with discoid lupus and a Trichophyton violaceum infection of scalp is reported.; A tinha do couro cabeludo é uma infecção causada por dermatófitos. Os fu...