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ACUTE TISSUE EXPANSION FOR RECONSTRUCTION OF MAJOR DEFECTS OF THE FRONTAL REGION
Pacheco, David; Tavares, Ermelindo; Rosa de Almeida, JoséAcute tissue expansion is a procedure widely used by Plastic Surgery for the closure of large surgical defects located in the head and the neck. We present a 61-year-old patient, with a large dimension Dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans of 45x30mm, placed in the midline of the forehead. The expected surgical defect was considerable; this combined with the anatomical situation, involved a complex reconstructive sur...
STRUMA OVARII COEXISTING WITH DERMATOMYOSITIS - AN UNUSUAL ASSOCIATION
Pacheco, David; Travassos, Ana Rita; Reis, Miguel; Filipe, Paulo; Palha, Ana MariaDermatomyositis is an idiopathic inflammatory myopathy with cutaneous involvement. In patients over 60 years may be associated with underlying neoplasms. The most frequently involved are the lung, ovary and digestive system. The Struma ovarii is a rare ovarian tumor, which is defined by the presence of thyroid tissue, associated to a teratoma or a mucinous cystadenoma. There are benign and malignant histologica...
RELAXING INCISIONS FOR SURGICAL RECONSTRUCTION OF LARGE SCALP DEFECTS
Pacheco, David; Travassos, Ana Rita; Fraga, Ana; André, Marisa; Soares, Rui Oliveira; Marques, Manuel Sacramento91- year-old, Caucasian male patient, with a 35x40mm tumor, located in the right parietal region. Due to de dimension of the defects, primary closure was not able to accomplish, parallel relaxing incisions to the surgical defect was an option for reconstruction. Relaxing incisions to correct large defects of the scalp was proposed as an alternative and effective technique that avoids the execution of complex fl...
TRIANGULAR SKIN GRAFT OF THE NOSE BY ANATOMICAL CONTIGUITY
Pacheco, David; Garcia, Carlos; Travassos, Ana Rita; Filipe, Paulo; Marques, Manuel SacramentoReconstruction of large nasal defects, represents a challenge for Dermatologic Surgeon. We present a 87-year-old patient, with a large dimension squamous cell carcinoma, 3x2cm in the dorsum and the root of the nose. The surgical defect had a triangular shape. The realization of a flap conditioned a great movement of tissue and time- -consuming surgery. Due to the patient co-morbidities, was performed a total sk...
RECURRENT NEVUS – A 5-YEAR REVIEW
Maio, Paula; Antunes, Joana; Pacheco, David; de Almeida, Luís Soares; Marques, Manuel SacramentoThe development of a melanocytic lesion at the site where it had been previously excised can place clini- cally and histologically some problems because of the differential diagnosis with melanoma, named by some authors as 'pseudomelanoma. In this study, the authors intend to carry out a comparative analysis between the clinical and the pathologic features of recurrent nevi and primary melanocytic lesions.KEYWO...
GENITAL ULCERS IN FEMALE ADOLESCENTS - DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS
Travassos, Ana Rita; Antunes, Joana; Pacheco, David; da Costa, João Borges; Filipe, Paulo; Marques, Manuel SacramentoIntroduction: Genital aphtosis is the most frequent cause of non-infectious vulvar ulceration, usually associated to oral aphtosis and it is always an exclusion diagnosis. We present three cases of genital ulcer in female adolescents, observed in our Dermatology clinic. Case 1: A 17-year-old-girl, with past history of oral aphtosis, was referred to our clinic with a genital ulcer, fever, asthenia and myalgia. C...
PIGMENTED VULVAR BASAL CELL CARCINOMA – RELEVANCE OF THE DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS...
Pacheco, David; Travassos, Ana Rita; Soares-Almeida, Luís; Silva, RaquelIntroduction: Basal cell carcinoma is the most common malignant tumors found in the human race, with an increasing incidence in recent decades. The vulva is an atypical location for this type of neoplasm, probably because the etiological factors are different from other anatomical areas. It has a non-specific and monotonous symptomatology. Case Report: A 69-year-old woman attended with a 3cm eroded plaque with ...
Avaliação de usabilidade de alguns aspectos de um serviço integrado no portal u...
Santos, Beatriz Sousa; Teixeira, Leonor; Teixeira, Bellina; Lucas, Cesário; Pacheco, David; Ramos, Inês; Cunha, João; Rodrigues, João; Ribeiro, LuísThis paper describes a usability evaluation of some aspects of the University of Aveiro new Web Portal (www.ua.pt) performed by students of an introductory course on Human-Computer Interaction offered at the University, during the academic year of 2006/2007. This evaluation was based on heuristic evaluation, observation methods and a short questionaire applyed to users with different profiles. The methods and m...