Publications by authors named "Jose C Cardoso"
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- A 31-year-old woman with ulcerative colitis was readmitted to the hospital due to fever, joint pain, and skin lesions after her condition had improved.
- Histological tests confirmed she had neutrophilic dermatosis, leading to a diagnosis of bowel-associated dermatosis-arthritis syndrome (BADAS).
- BADAS is a rare condition linked to inflammatory bowel diseases and is treated with antibiotics and immunosuppressants, with recovery prospects tied to managing the underlying intestinal issue.
Scleroderma-like cutaneous sclerosis has been reported as a rare adverse reaction to several drugs, including the chemotherapeutical agent paclitaxel, used in therapeutic regimens for several malignancies. The sclerosis is usually limited to the skin, most commonly presenting in the lower limbs after weeks to months of therapy but is often refractory to treatment and progresses even after discontinuation of the offending agents, with significant resulting morbidity. We report a rare case of severe cutaneous sclerosis secondary to chemotherapy with nab-paclitaxel and gemcitabine, which did not respond to treatment and led to discontinuation of chemotherapy.
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- Actinomycosis is a rare chronic infection primarily affecting areas like the face, lungs, or reproductive system, caused by Actinomyces bacteria.
- The disease leads to symptoms like abscesses, fistulas, and tissue damage, potentially mimicking cancerous conditions.
- A unique case of cutaneous actinomycosis on the forearm occurred without known triggers, but it was successfully treated with long-term antibiotic therapy.
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- Lymphoplasmocytic plaque in children (LPC) is a rare skin disorder mainly seen in kids, marked by specific histopathological traits.
- The condition appears as defined plaques filled with lymphocytes and plasma cells in the skin's dermis layer.
- A case study of a 10-year-old boy showed LPC on his upper arm's extensor surface, treated with topical and intralesional corticosteroids that led to partial improvement.
Background: Urticarial vasculitis (UV) should be differentiated from chronic spontaneous urticaria (CSU) in patients initially presenting with recurrent wheals, although criteria for differential diagnosis remain ill-defined.
Objectives: To set the goals, define criteria and unmet needs in UV diagnosis and differential diagnosis with CSU, and explore the possibility of coexistence of both diseases.
Methods: Thirteen experts experienced in UV research participated in a Delphi survey of European Academy of Allergy and Clinical Immunology taskforce.
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- Primary cutaneous adenoid cystic carcinoma (PCACC) is a rare and complex skin cancer first identified in 1975, which can be easily mistaken for other skin tumors like melanoma and Merkel cell carcinoma.
- Diagnosing PCACC requires detailed examination using both standard tissue staining and special immunohistochemical markers.
- A case study of a 31-year-old patient shows successful surgical treatment of a scalp tumor, achieving good cosmetic results after complete resection.
Patients submitted to radiotherapy for tinea capitis in childhood have an increased incidence of scalp basal cell carcinomas (BCCs) but also of other neoplasms, namely, follicular tumors. In a cohort of such patients, we also found a high incidence of infundibulocystic BCCs, an otherwise rare variant. We thus hypothesized that postradiotherapy BCCs could be more prone to display follicular differentiation.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground/objectives: Low-dose X-ray radiotherapy to treat tinea capitis during childhood is a well-known risk factor for scalp basal cell carcinomas (BCCs). Post-radiotherapy BCCs are often multiple, and it has been suggested that they display more aggressive features. Our main objective was to study the clinicopathological aspects of post-radiotherapy BCCs to evaluate their biological behaviour and identify features that may differ from other BCCs.
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