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Sickle cell retinopathy in pediatric patients
Rodrigues Alves, Nuno; Barão, Catarina; Barros Silva, Patrícia; Ludovico, Inês; Costa, Lívio; Silva, Eduardo; Anjos, Rita; Serras Pereira, RitaPurpose: To analyze clinical, laboratory, and Doppler vascular parameters in pediatric sickle cell disease (SCD) patients and identify correlations and predictive factors for sickle cell retinopathy (SCR) and proliferative SCR (PSR). Methods: A retrospective study included pediatric SCD patients screened for SCR between December 2023 and August 2024. Systemic, transcranial-cervical Doppler, and ophthalmologic e...
Successful management of bilateral orbital metastases from invasive lobular bre...
Rodrigues Alves, Nuno; Duarte, Ana Filipa; Ribeiro, David Fernandes; Silva, Rita Sousa; Carvalho, Bruno Almeida; Alpuim Costa, DiogoFunding Information: The author(s) declare financial support was received for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article. The funding was for open access publication fee. Payed by CUF Oncology. Publisher Copyright: Copyright © 2024 Rodrigues Alves, Duarte, Ribeiro, Silva, Carvalho and Alpuim Costa.; Breast cancer is a significant global health concern, contributing to substantial morbidity and...
Immune recovery uveitis
Rodrigues Alves, Nuno; Barão, Catarina; Mota, Catarina; Costa, Lívio; Proença, Rita PintoImmune recovery uveitis (IRU) is an intraocular inflammation that typically occurs as part of immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome (IRIS) in the eye. Typically, it affects human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected patients with recognized or unrecognized cytomegalovirus (CMV) retinitis who are receiving highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART). IRU is a common cause of new vision loss in these pati...