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Home / Archives for João Borges-Costa

Acute leukemia as the initial presentation of blastic plasmacytoid dendritic cell neoplasm

  • Autores: Pedro Miguel Garrido, Pedro de Vasconcelos Monteiro, João Borges-Costa, Luís Soares-Almeida, Paulo Filipe
  • Journal: International Journal of Dermatology, 60(1), pp e10-e13
  • Link: https://doi.org/10.1111/ijd.15166

CORRESPONDENCE Dear Editor, A 90-year-old man presented with a 1-month history of fatigue and rapidly progressive, widespread skin lesions. Physical examination exhibited numerous erythematous to violaceous tumors and bruise-like patches scattered through his trunk and limbs. Enlarged bilateral axillary lymph nodes were noted. Peripheral blood workup revealed mild macrocytic anemia (hemoglobin 11.3 g/dl, MCV 98 […]
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Urogenital Trichomonas vaginalis infection in males: a case report and retrospective analysis of a 10-year period in a tertiary hospital

  • Autores: Miguel Alpalhão, Luís Marques-Lito, Paulo Filipe, João Borges-Costa
  • Ano de Publicação: 2021
  • Journal: International Journal of Dermatology, 61(2), pp e49-e50
  • Link: https://doi.org/10.1111/ijd.15769

CORRESPONDENCE Dear Editor, We report the case of a 31-year-old male who presented to our Venereology Department with dysuria and a 2-year history of a minimal clear urethral discharge. He had been treated with multiple courses of antibiotics, namely, intramuscular ceftriaxone, azithromycin, ciprofloxacin, and doxycycline, even though laboratorial tests for Neisseria gonorrhoeae and Chlamydia trachomatis were consistently negative. The […]
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Emerging treatments for bullous pemphigoid

  • Autores: Pedro Miguel Garrido, Catarina Soares Queirós, Ana Rita Travassos, João Borges-Costa, Paulo Filipe
  • Ano de Publicação: 2021
  • Journal: Journal of Dermatological Treatment
  • Link: https://doi.org/10.1080/09546634.2020.1782325

ABSTRACT Bullous pemphigoid (BP) is the most common autoimmune blistering disease. It is characterized by an immune response against the hemidesmosomal anchoring proteins BP180 and BP230. BP mainly affects elderly patients, with an increasing incidence over the past two decades. High potency topical and/or systemic corticosteroids as well as immunosuppressants are the current mainstay of […]
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