Neonatal mastitis is a rare infection of the breast tissue in the newborn. In most cases, it presents unilaterally in the third week of life and has a favorable prognosis. The treatment of choice remains controversial. The aim of this study was to retrospectively review the cases of neonatal mastitis diagnosed and treated in a neonatal intermediate care unit between July 2000 and June 2020. Ten female neonates ...
Introduction: Congenital candidiasis is a rare intrauterine infection characterized by vesicular and pustular skin lesions appearing in the first six days of life. Clinical case: The authors describe the case of a full-term infant presenting erythematous macules, vesicles and pustules involving the trunk and extremities and cervical burn-like dermatitis at birth. Mycological skin lesion culture was positive for...
Introduction: Congenital candidiasis is a rare intrauterine infection characterized by vesicular and pustular skin lesions appearing in the first six days of life. Clinical case: The authors describe the case of a full-term infant presenting erythematous macules, vesicles and pustules involving the trunk and extremities and cervical burn-like dermatitis at birth. Mycological skin lesion culture was positive for...
Introduction: Congenital myotonic dystrophy type 1 (DM1) is characterized by hypotonia and severe general weakness at birth, often with respiratory distress and even death. Clinical report:A newborn male with prenatal diagnosis of ventriculomegaly and polyhydramnios was born at 39 weeks of gestation with no immediate occurrences and a maternal family history of two cases with unspecified neuromuscular condition...
Introduction: Congenital myotonic dystrophy type 1 (DM1) is characterized by hypotonia and severe general weakness at birth, often with respiratory distress and even death. Clinical report:A newborn male with prenatal diagnosis of ventriculomegaly and polyhydramnios was born at 39 weeks of gestation with no immediate occurrences and a maternal family history of two cases with unspecified neuromuscular condition...
In Portugal the expert whose report supports the criminal defence of not guilty by reason of insanity (NGRI) must also consider the defendant's dangerousness. Nevertheless, the concept of dangerousness has received little attention in the Portuguese critical literature. Moreover, there is concern that the concept is often used improperly. We endeavoured to evaluate a sample of Portuguese forensic reports in ord...
Introdução: As reações de hipersensibilidade a fármacos podem limitar-se a um exantema cutâneo não específico, ou manifestar-se por um síndrome multissistémico, com prognóstico muito variável, como é o caso do síndrome DRESS (Drug Reaction with Eosinophilia and Systemic Symptoms). Caso clínico: Os autores apresentam o caso clínico de uma menina admitida no Serviço de Urgência por um síndrome febril prolongado a...
Introdução: Numa infecção do tracto urinário (ITU) febril inaugural, a ecografia renal (Eco), a cintigrafia com 99mTc-ácido dimercaptosuccínico (DMSA) e a cistouretrografia miccional seriada (CUMS) são habitualmente realizadas, em crianças pequenas, para identificar risco aumentado de recorrência e consequentes cicatrizes renais. A CUMS, exame invasivo envolvendo radiação, permite o diagnóstico definitivo de re...
A tuberculose da coluna vertebral descrita pela primeira vez por Percival Pott e desde então associada ao seu nome, é uma doença de desenvolvimento lento, caracterizada por dor, deformidade vertebral e por vezes paralisia. Um alto índice de suspeição, assim como um tratamento precoce e adequado são necessários na abordagem da tuberculose vertebral. Os autores apresentam um caso clínico de uma criança com 15 mes...
O enfisema intersticial pulmonar é uma complicação grave que surge em recém-nascidos ventilados, ocorrendo com maiorfrequência no prematuro. Geralmente afecta ambos os campos pulmonares e mais raramente pode ser localizado. Os autores apresentam um caso clínico de um recém-nascido de termo com diagnóstico de enfisema intersticial unilateral àesquerda, na sequência de quadro de hipertensão pulmonar, que evoluiu ...