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A New Vision about Folliculitis Decalvans and Lichen Planopilaris: Two Distinct...
Marcos-Pinto, Ana; Roda, Angela; Soares-de-Almeida, Luís; Oliveira Soares, RuiFolliculitis decalvans and lichen planopilaris have been considered two distinct cicatricial alopecias. However, biphasic presentation of folliculitis decalvans - lichen planopilaris in the same patient has been recently described, therefore raising the doubt if they are two distinct entities or a continuous phenotypic spectrum.We describe the case of a man who presented clinical, trichoscopic, and histopatholo...
Alopecia Fibrosante em Padrão de Distribuição Androgenética: Patogénese, Diagnó...
Marcos-Pinto, Ana; De Caprio, G.; Oliveira Soares, R.Fibrosing alopecia in a pattern distribution is a recently recognized type of scarring alopecia, with hair loss in androgens- dependent area. Loss of follicular openings, perifollicular erythema, perifollicular hyperkeratosis and anisotriquia are the trichoscopic clues and follicular lichenoid inflammatory infiltrate the important finding in histopathology. It shares features of androgenetic alopecia and lichen...
Phototherapy in Pediatric Population: Particularities and Indications
Marcos-Pinto, Ana; Fernandes, Sónia; Cristina Tapadinhas; Paulo FilipeNowadays, with the recent development of biological agents and other new drugs, some of which already approved in pediatric age, it is important to contextualize the role of phototherapy in dermatology. They have an excellent and well-recognized safety profile for decades, in addition to not requiring laboratory monitoring, which is an advantage, especially in the pediatric population. They have been successful...
Single Papule on the Penis
Marcos-Pinto, Ana; Soares-de-Almeida, Luís; Borges-Costa, João.; .
Cutaneous Paraneoplastic Manifestations of Hematological Malignancies
Azevedo Duarte, Joana; Marcos-Pinto, Ana; Borges-Costa, JoãoThe skin, as the largest organ of the human body, can havea key role in the early diagnosis of systemic diseases. Cutaneousmanifestations can be the initial symptom of certainmalignant hematological diseases (Hodgkin lymphoma,chronic lymphocytic leukemia, acute myeloid leukemia).These can be classified as specific when caused by directinvasion of malignant cells in the skin or by loco-regional expansionof the t...
GENITAL ULCERS CAUSED BY CYTOMEGALOVIRUS
Marcos-Pinto, Ana; Borges-Costa, JoãoThe cytomegalovirus infection is prevalent in developed countries. The natural history of disease includes three phases: primoinfection (majority is asymptomatic), latency and reactivation. In certain immunosuppressive states, as in the case of transplantation and HIV infection, the virus can reactivate, occurring cutaneous manifestations, of what stands out the occurrence of genital ulcers. In these, co-infect...