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Association of peripheral blood and cutaneous eosinophils with bullous pemphigo...
Garrido, Pedro; Aguado Lobo, Marta; Espinosa Lara, Pablo; Soares-de-Almeida, Luís; Filipe, PauloBackground and aims: A dermal inflammatory infiltrate rich in eosinophils is a prominent histological feature of bullous pemphigoid (BP) and peripheral blood eosinophilia has been documented in 50-60% of BP patients. Nevertheless, the impact of circulating and dermal infiltrate eosinophil levels on BP remains poorly understood. The main objective of this work was to investigate the association of peripheral blo...
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...
Cutaneous Ancient Schwannoma of the Ear
Antunes-Duarte, Sofia; Espinosa Lara, Pablo; Aguado Lobo, Marta; Oliveira, Tiago; Fraga, Ana; López-Presa, Dolores; Soares-de-Almeida, LuísSchwannoma is a benign encapsulated nerve sheath tumor composed of Schwann cells, that may arise anywhere along the course of a nerve. Cutaneous schwannomas, associated with peripheral nerves, usually present as a slow-growing well-circumscribed nodule, localized in the dermis or subcutaneous tissue. They are generally asymptomatic; however, they may become painful by the nervous compression. Since the clinical...
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...