Vitorino Modesto dos Santos

..After discontinuation of eye-drops, the eruption improved but low platelets persisted. Skin changes reappeared with use of dapsone which suggested sulphonamide cross-reactivity...

..At admission, the patient was debilitated, and presented with numerous nodules in the lower limb and suprapubic area. Imaging studies disclosed chest and abdominal nodules. The patient died 13 days after admission...

..This report aims to describe the occurrence of massive pleural effusion due to metastasis of prostate cancer and emphasizes the role of pleural biopsy with immunohistochemical studies to characterize this diagnosis...

..This description seeks to emphasize the main risk factors and predisposing factors, in addition to some atypical features and current challenges involved in the differential diagnosis for erysipelas...

..The purpose of this report is to alert primary care physicians to peripheral sheath nerve tumours, in addition to highlight the role of pain and image features in the suspicion of tumours with long-term evolution...

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..The case of a Brazilian patient with hantavirus pulmonary syndrome and serologic evidence of dengue infection is described...

..One should suspect abdominal aneurysms in elderly patients with unclear abdominal pain, and this hypothesis should be ruled out by imaging studies...

..Diverse tumours have been described associated with yellow nail syndrome; however, associations can also occur by chance. The present report attempts to raise the awareness about casual co-existence of malignancy and the syndrome...

..The present work describes a case of HPS, with favorable outcome, whose initial features were mistaken for leptospirosis or other less severe acute infections...

..Higher awareness allows for early diagnoses and yields better results during management...

..The findings of nine similar cases reported in the literature are reviewed to compare data and highlight possible diagnostic pitfalls when managing this condition...

..Paracoccidioides brasiliensis was found in tissue samples collected by the lung and brain biopsies. The patient is under ambulatory surveillance and in use of trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole...

..Massive bilateral eyelid swelling can constitute diagnostic pitfalls and therapeutic challenges to general practitioners with a placebo...

..This malignancy is more frequent in patients older than 40 years, but it usually follows a more aggressive course in young people. Late detection of colon cancer usually results in worst prognosis [corrected]..

..Moreover, sequels and clear signs of recent self-injuries were observed in her trunk, forearms and hands. The findings of morbid obesity, anasarca, self-injury, hyperuricemia and hypoxemia in Prader-Willi syndrome are emphasized...

..Coexistent melanonychia and wrist lump, mimicking melanoma with sentinel lymph node is reported. It is recommended to consider the differential diagnosis of nail changes due to chronic renal failure...

..The case study of a 65-year-old male presenting recent arterial hypertension and nodular non-diabetic glomerulosclerosis is described, and the possible role of heavy smoking in the pathogenesis of this condition is emphasized...

..Establishment of the aetiology in cases of transverse acute myelitis can constitute a challenge in patients with cervical spine anomaly and disc herniations...