Introduction: Superficial fungal infections are the most frequent infectious dermatoses and their incidence continues to increase. Dermatophytes are the principal agents presenting, however, a variable geographic distribution.Material and Methods: This study aimed to characterize the epidemiology of superficial fungal infections diagnosed in Dermatology departments/ units of the Portuguese National Health Syste...
Introdução: As infeções fúngicas superficiais são as dermatoses infeciosas mais frequentes e a sua incidência continua a aumentar. Os dermatófitos são os principais agentes causais apresentando, contudo, uma distribuição geográfica variável. Material e Métodos: O presente estudo teve como objetivo a caracterização epidemiológica das infeções fúngicas superficiais diagnosticadas nos Serviços/Unidades de Dermatol...
58-year-old male, presenting a circular heterogeneously pigmented lesion, 15mm in greatest diameter, located to the abdominal wall. The patient claimed to have this lesion for "over 30 years," which nevertheless, had "begun to grow" since 3 years. This lesion was submitted to surgical excision under local anesthesia, whose histological examination confirmed the clinical diagnosis of malignant melanoma with 0.65...