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Conservative treatment of penile carcinoma - a retrospective study of 10 years

Conservative treatment of penile squamous cell carcinoma has been advocated as a method of choice for tumours at early stages. Thirty patients with a mean age of 63.2 years were treated with CO2 laser ablation, radical local excision with preputial flap, direct closure or healing by secondary intention, circumcision alone or associated with CO2 laser and topical imiquimod. Sixteen patients had local recurrence....

Use of a webcam for movement detection

Predictors of body appearance cognitive distraction during sexual activity in m...

INTRODUCTION: Cognitive distraction is a core concept in cognitive models of sexual dysfunction. Body appearance cognitive distraction during sexual activity (BACDSA) has been mainly studied among female college samples. However, the relative contribution of different indicators of body dissatisfaction among men and women from community samples, including the contribution of relationship variables to BACDSA, ha...

Pityriasis lichenoides et varioliformis acute: case report and review of the li...

We report a case of a 63-year-old man hospitalized for a polymorphous generalized eruption consisting of maculopapules with peripheral scaling, vesicopustules, and ulceronecrotic and crusted lesions measuring 5-20 mm, localized on his trunk and extremities, particularly exuberant in the flexural area. Histopathology showed necrotic keratinocytes with exocytosis of red blood cells and lymphocytes and a dermal pe...

Vasculites Sistémicas Primárias da Infância

As vasculites sistémicas constituem um grupo de doenças, pouco frequentes na infância, caracterizadas por inflamação e necrose vascular. A sua tradução clínica é heterogénea, condicionada pelo tipo de vaso e orgão afectados. Recentemente foi proposta uma classificação das vasculites em idade pediátrica, que tem em conta a dimensão dos vasos envolvidos, sendo também validados critérios de diagnóstico para os tip...

Dropout in the treatment of erectile dysfunction with PDE5: a study on predicto...

INTRODUCTION: Phosphodiesterase type 5 inhibitors (PDE5) are currently the first line treatment for erectile dysfunction (ED). However, previous research shows that PDE5 treatments have high discontinuation rates. Understanding the reasons for discontinuing PDE5 will be necessary to optimize the response to treatment. AIM: The main goals were: (i) to analyze discontinuation rate of PDE5; (ii) to identify the di...

Value of patch tests in clindamycin-related drug eruptions

Background. Patch tests help to confirm the aetiology of the cutaneous adverse drug reactions involving delayed hypersensitivity mechanisms, but the results vary with the pattern of skin reaction and the culprit drug. Objectives. To analyse the results of patch tests in patients with cutaneous adverse drug reactions imputable to clindamycin and assess their contribution to the diagnosis. Patients and methods. B...

Colestase Intra-Hepática da Gravidez Casuística da Maternidade do Hospital Dona...

Introdução: A CIHG é uma patologia que surge habitualmente na 2ª metade da gestação e tem carácter recorrente. Objectivo: Determinar a incidência da patologia, o outcome obstétrico e fetal das grávidas com diagnóstico de CIHG. Métodos: Estudo retrospectivo, de Janeiro/2004 a Outubro/2010. Variáveis estudadas: referentes à grávida (idade, antecedentes obstétricos), gravidez (idade gestacional ao diagnóstico, con...

Performance assessment of waste fibre-reinforced mortar

Fast identification of individuals based on iris characteristics for biometric ...

Nowadays, systems based on biometric techniques have a wide acceptance in many different areas, due to their levels of safety and accuracy. A biometric technique that is gaining prominence is the identification of individuals through iris recognition. However, to be proficiently used these systems must process their recognition task as fast as possible. The goal of this work has been the development of an iris ...