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Immune neonatal thrombocytopenia - review
Sequeira,Ana Isabel; Rocha,Dalila; Dias,Carla João; Carreira,Luísa; Cleto,EsmeraldaIntroduction: Thrombocytopenia is the most frequent hematological change in the neonatal period, with immune thrombocytopenia as the main cause of moderate-to-severe thrombocytopenia in apparently healthy newborns. Immune thrombocytopenia in the fetus or newborn may result from platelet alloantibodies against paternal antigens inherited by the fetus (alloimmune thrombocytopenia) or platelet autoantibodies due t...
Ophthalmology case
Barroso,Fábio; Lachado,Ana; Carreira,Luísa; Santos,Gilberta; Pombeiro,José; Miranda,VascoIntroduction: Limbal dermoids are benign congenital tumours that contain choristomatous elements. These lesions are present at birth but may not be easily identified until later in life. Case report: We report a case of a one-day-old newborn, female, with no relevant gestational or neonatal history, referred to our pediatric ophthalmologic unit because of a whitish round mass in the inferotemporal limbus of the...