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Tripe Palms: A Rare Cutaneous Paraneoplastic Disorder
Miroux-Catarino, Alexandre; Silva, Leandro; Catorze, GoretiN/a.; N/a.
Leprosy: From Antiquity to Our Times
Máquina, Atanásio; Catarino, Alexandre; Silva, Leandro; Catorze, Goreti; Ferreira, Lurdes; Viana, IsabelLeprosy is an infectious disease whose causative agent are the bacillus Mycobacterium leprae and Mycobacterium lepromatosis. It preferably affects the skin and peripheral nerves. If left undiagnosed and not treated early, it can cause severe deformation and disability. Paradoxically, as treatment became curative, many specialist centers closed, which led to a reduced knowledge of the disease. With the increasin...
Epidemiology of Superficial Fungal Infections in Portugal: 3-Year Review (2014-...
Rato, Margarida; Costin, Adelina; Furtado, Constança; Sousa, Cristina; Toscano, Cristina; Veríssimo, Cristina; Trindade, FelicidadeIntroduction: Superficial fungal infections are the most frequent infectious dermatoses and their incidence continues to increase. Dermatophytes are the principal agents presenting, however, a variable geographic distribution.Material and Methods: This study aimed to characterize the epidemiology of superficial fungal infections diagnosed in Dermatology departments/ units of the Portuguese National Health Syste...
Epidemiologia das Infeções Fúngicas Superficiais em Portugal: revisão de 3 anos...
Rato, Margarida; Costin, Adelina; Furtado, Constança; Sousa, Cristina; Toscano, Cristina; Veríssimo, Cristina; Trindade, FelicidadeIntrodução: As infeções fúngicas superficiais são as dermatoses infeciosas mais frequentes e a sua incidência continua a aumentar. Os dermatófitos são os principais agentes causais apresentando, contudo, uma distribuição geográfica variável. Material e Métodos: O presente estudo teve como objetivo a caracterização epidemiológica das infeções fúngicas superficiais diagnosticadas nos Serviços/Unidades de Dermatol...
MELANOTIC PIGMENTATION IN EXCISION SCARS OF MALIGNANT MELANOMA - THREE CASE REP...
Resende, Cristina; Catorze, Goreti; Claro, Cristina; Viana, IsabelIntroduction: The appearance of pigmented lesions in scars of malignant melanoma is a finding that worries dermatologists/dermatopathologists, because they are faced with the possibility of persistence/recurrence of malignant melanoma.Case reports: We present three cases of patients with melanocytic pigmentation in scars of malignant melanoma and discuss the clinical and histological aspects of these. In all ca...