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Skin Pathology Laboratory of the Department of Dermatology of Hospital de Santa...
de Vasconcelos, Pedro; Espinosa Lara, Pablo; Aguado Lobo, Marta; Kieselová, Katarína; Soares de Almeida, LuísIntroduction: Between 2008 and 2019, in the Skin Pathology Laboratory of the Dermatology Department of Hospital de Santa Maria (Lisbon), 60 741 histological exams were performed, 11 873 of them concerned non tumour diseases (20%). Material and Methods: A retrospective study was conducted through the analysis of the histological exams of the non-tumoral skin pathology of the laboratory between January 2008 and D...
Emerging Cutaneous Phaeohyphomycosis Caused by Alternaria infectoria
Kieselová, Katarína; Gomes, Tiago; Santiago, Felicidade; Martinha, HenriqueAlternaria species belong to a group of opportunistic fungi that causes skin infection mainly in immunosuppressed patients. The authors describe two clinically distinct cases of cutaneous alternariosis caused by Alternaria infectoria in patients under prolonged corticosteroid treatment. Additionally, a brief review of published cases in portuguese patients is conducted.; As espécies Alternaria pertencem a um gr...
Skin Pathology Laboratory of the Department of Dermatology of Hospital de Santa...
Aguado Lobo, Marta; Espinosa Lara, Pablo; de Vasconcelos, Pedro; Kieselová, Katarína; Soares de Almeida, LuísIntroduction: The Skin Pathology Laboratory of the Department of Dermatology of Hospital de Santa Maria, Lisbon, has been operating continuously since its creation. Material and Methods: A retrospective study was conducted through the analysis of the histological exams of the tumoral skin pathology of the Laboratory between January 2008 and December 2019. Results: In the period 2008-2019 the Skin Pathology Labo...
Infantile Hemangiomas and Beta-Blockers: 10 Years After Therapeutic Revolution
Kieselová, Katarína; Santiago, FelicidadeInfantile hemangioma is the most common vascular tumor of childhood, characterized by an initial rapid growth in the first months of life and with gradual spontaneous involution in the first years. Despite its benign behavior and spontaneous regression, about 10% of infantile hemangiomas have a negative functional or cosmetic impact, thus requiring an effective treatment. In 2008, an accidental discovery of a f...
Cutaneous Lesions as the First Manifestation of Multiple Myeloma: Two Case Reports
Kieselová, Katarína; Santiago, Felicidade; Ramos, Sofia; Cunha, Maria Fernanda; Henrique, MartinhaMultiple myeloma is a proliferative clonal disorder of plasma cells. The clinical presentation is highly variable, with recurrent infections, anemia, renal insufficiency or bone pain from osteolytic lesions as the main initial manifestations. Skin manifestations are unusual and mostly unspecific. We describe two patients with cutaneous lesions as the first sign of this hematologic malignancy: nodular deposits o...
Trichoscopy as a Clue to the Diagnosis
Kieselová, Katarína; Santiago, Felicidade; Guiote, Victória; Henrique, MartinhaA 43-year-old man presented to our department with generalized erythroderma since early childhood, previously treated with topical and systemic corticosteroids with only partial improvement. The physical examination revealed polycyclic erythematous scaly plaques on the trunk and extremities and lichenification of the body folds (Fig. 1). In addition to skin lesions, we observed sparse hair of both eyebrows and ...
Paediatric Lymphomatoid Papulosis: Diagnostic Challenges and Follow-up
Kieselová, Katarína; Santiago, Felicidade; Guiote, Victória; Henrique, Martinha; Amado, CristinaLymphomatoid papulosis is a rare primary T-cell lymphoproliferative cutaneous disorder, mostly affecting adults. Although histopathology suggests a malignant disease, in most cases, lymphomatoid papulosis is a self-limited condition with a good prognosis. We describe the case of an 8-year-old boy, otherwise healthy, who presented with a 4-6 week history of polymorphic cutaneous lesions disseminated over the who...