Median nail dystrophy associated with ritonavir
- Authors: Borges-Costa J, Sacramento-Marques M
- Publication Year: 2013
- Journal: International Journal Dermatology
- Link: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24261733
Skin cancer in kidney transplant recipients: incidence and association with clinical and demographic factors
- Authors: Borges-Costa J, Guerra J, Sacramento-Marques M, Santana A, Travassos AR, Vasconcelos JP, Weigert A
- Publication Year: 2013
- Journal: Acta Médica Portuguesa
- Link: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23809743
Organ transplanted recipients have a higher risk of non melanoma skin cancer. Our objectives were to determine incidence of skin cancer and search for associations with clinical or demographic factors in a series of kidney transplant recipients.
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Brown and violet papules located on the back of a human immunodeficiency virus-infected patient
- Authors: Borges-Costa J, Pacheco D, Sacramento-Marques M, Soares-Almeida L
- Publication Year: 2013
- Journal: Enfermedades Infecciosas y Microbiología Clínica
- Link: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0213005X12004429
Secondary syphilis mimicking inflammatory bowel disease
- Authors: Borges-Costa J, Loreto H, Marques S, Vasconcelos P
- Journal: Sexually Transmitted Infections
- Link: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22645392
This study reports the case of a 15-year-old male patient with extensive anal inflammation, cobblestone-like mucosa and areas of ulceration, loose bloody stool and weight loss for 8 weeks, suggestive of inflammatory bowel disease. Genital lesions of syphilides were later observed and Venereal Disease Research Laboratory test was positive, thus benzyl penicillin treatment was prescribed with total resolution of genital and bowel symptoms.
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Malignancy associated with dermatomyositis – a retrospective single-center study with 33 patients
- Authors: Borges-Costa J, Filipe P, Marques MS, Travassos AR
- Journal: Acta Reumatológica Portuguesa
- Link: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24141345
Dermatomyositis is a multisystemic inflammatory disease that has been associated with neoplastic disease.
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