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Intergenerational learning among teachers’ professional development and lifelon...
Batista, Paula; Mouraz, Ana; Viana, Isabel; Graça, AmândioThis integrative literature review aims to provide a broader and updated perspective of teachers’ intergenerational learning (IL). The search was done in Web of Science and EBSCO ultimate databases between 2011 and 2022. Thirty-two empirical studies were selected and submitted to a thematic analysis and five themes were identified: (a) defining and conceptualising generation, (b) IL from understandings to pract...
Cutaneous mucormycosis mimicking pancreatic panniculitis
Garrido, Pedro; Pimenta, Rita; Viana, Isabel; Kutzner, Heinz; Filipe, Paulo; Soares-de-Almeida, LuísMucormycosis is an uncommon, life-threatening infection caused by opportunistic fungi included in the Mucorales order, which mostly affects immunosuppressed patients. Mucormycosis can exhibit different clinical presentations depending on the involved organ, including pulmonary, gastrointestinal, rhinocerebral, cutaneous, and disseminated infections.
Leprosy: From Antiquity to Our Times
Máquina, Atanásio; Catarino, Alexandre; Silva, Leandro; Catorze, Goreti; Ferreira, Lurdes; Viana, IsabelLeprosy is an infectious disease whose causative agent are the bacillus Mycobacterium leprae and Mycobacterium lepromatosis. It preferably affects the skin and peripheral nerves. If left undiagnosed and not treated early, it can cause severe deformation and disability. Paradoxically, as treatment became curative, many specialist centers closed, which led to a reduced knowledge of the disease. With the increasin...
A Case of Acquired Mucosal and Cutaneous Pigmentation
Miroux-Catarino, Alexandre; Silva, Leandro; Catorze, Maria Goreti; Viana, Isabel.; .
Cross-curricular teaching: recommendations for cross-curricular teaching implem...
Timmerman, Virginie; Caeiro, Sandra; Dalaaker, Dina; Hjort, Michael Fabrin; Gaussel, Marie; Greczylo, Tomasz; Harju, Vilhelmiina; Michelsen, ClausThis eBook is the fourth and last output of the CROSSCUT project. The main purpose of CROSSCUT is to support the professional development of secondary school teachers by training them to develop the competences necessary for the implementation of cross curricular teaching. The eBook contains key information and tools produced during three years by participating institutions. It aims at providing the project’s t...
Disseminate and Recurrent Infundibulo-Folliculitis in Childhood
Miroux Catarino, Alexandre; Dias, Margarida; Viana, IsabelDisseminate and recurrent infundibulo-folliculitis is a rare entity of unknown etiology, characterized clinically by a papular and follicular eruption and histologically by spongiotic changes in the infundibular portion of the hair follicle. It usually occurs in young adults males with phototype V-VI of Fitzpatrick. The dermatosis habitually reaches the trunk and limbs, has a recurrent course and is characteriz...
Subungual Keratoacanthoma: A Rare Variant of Keratoacanthoma
Miroux Catarino, Alexandre; Catorze, Maria Goreti; Viana, IsabelSungungual keratoacanthoma is a rare and more aggressive variant of keratoacanthoma. The authors present a case of a 49-year-old male with a one year history of a growing exophytic nodule on the nail bed of the left first toe. Physical examination revealed a two centimeters large exofitic nodule with a verrucous hyperkeratotic central area on the nail bed. A plain radiograph showed a cup-shaped lytic defect in ...
Painful pustules on hands and feet with acute hepatitis
Ortins-Pina, Ana; Viana, Isabel; Filipe, Paulo; Soares-de-Almeida, LuísA 23-year-old man, phototype V, complained of abrupt onset of painful skin lesions on the hands, which 4 days later spread to the feet. Physical examination revealed a symmetrical acral dermatosis over the dorsum of the feet, ankles, hands, and wrists: pustules, erythematous–violaceous papules, and hemorrhagic crusts. There were no mucosal or systemic signs and the patient denied any prodromal symptoms.
Collision Tumor: A Diagnostic Challenge
Miroux Catarino, Alexandre; Catorze, Maria Goreti; Pereira, Ângela; Viana, IsabelThe coexistence of two or more different neoplasms, benign or malignant, in the same cutaneous lesion is called a "collision tumor”. The clinical diagnosis is difficult and dermatoscopy is an often useful tool, however it may not be enlightening. We present the case of a rare association between a blue nevus and a histiocytofibroma that both clinically and dermatoscopically could be confused with malignant mela...
Vitamin D – Current Perspectives
Miroux Catarino, Alexandre; Claro, Cristina; Viana, IsabelThe main biological effect of vitamin D is to promote bone mineralization and regulate calcium-phosphorus metabolism, but its extra-skeletal biological function has also been extensively studied. Vitamin D deficit has been associated with an increased risk for various diseases, including autoimmune, neoplastic, cardiovascular and neurological disorders. However, areas of controversy remain: a direct cause-effec...