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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...
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 ...
Inoculation Eschars and Fever: A Case of African Tick Bite Fever
Bouceiro-Mendes, R.; Mendonça-Sanches, M.; Soares-de-Almeida, L.; Correia-Fonseca, I.African tick bite fever is caused by the intracellular bacteria Rickettsia africae. This bacterium is transmitted through the bite of the Amblyomma tick, which carries a high rate of R. africae infection. African tick bite fever is the second most frequent cause of fever in travelers returning from sub-Saharan Africa.We present the case of a 58-year-old man, returning from South Africa, with a three-day history...