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Paulo Morais

Email: paulomoraiscardoso@gmail.com
MD, Dermatologist, Department of Dermatovenereology , Centro Hospitalar Tondela- Viseu, Viseu, Portugal

A pruritic vesicular rash

CaseA man, 30 years of age, presented with an intensely pruritic eruption that had been evolving for approximately two months. The rash was characterised by clusters of translucent, tense vesicles...


Acute onset of widespread 
pustular eruption

CaseA woman aged 88 years was hospitalised with a community-acquired pneumonia and started empirical treatment with amoxicillin/clavulanic acid and azithromycin. Three days later, she developed a...


Frontotemporal hair loss

CaseFour women aged 68 (Patient 1, Figure 1A), 74 (Patient 2, Figure 1B), 70 (Patient 3, Figure 1C) and 76 years (Patient 4, Figure 1D) presented with progressive hair loss affecting the...


Great toenail deformity Case studies

Figure 1 and 2. Clinical appearance of the patients' great toenailsQuestion 1What is the diagnosis?Question 2How would you diagnose this disease?Question 3What differential diagnoses would you...



Painful pustular dactylitis in an elderly patient

CaseA man, 74 years of age, presented with dactylitis on the first, second and fourth digits of his left hand, characterised by glossy erythema, oedema, pustules and yellowish scales. Additionally,...


An itchy rash on the fingertips A case study

Figure 1. Clinical appearance of the patient's nailsQuestion 1What is the most likely diagnosis?Question 2How would you diagnose this disease?Question 3Given the clinical presentation, what...


Skin rash on the upper limbs Case studies

Figure 1. Clinical appearance of the patientsQuestion 1What is the most likely diagnosis in these patients?Question 2What are the most common culprits for this dermatosis?Question 3How can we make...



Subungual nodule of the great toe

Figure 1. Clinical appearance of the lesion located on the patient’s right great toeQuestion 1What is the most likely diagnosis?Question 2What is the aetiology of this condition?Question 3How is...


Whitish nodules on the fingers

Case studyA woman aged 59 years presented with a 12-month history of painful nodules on her fingers, which had recently worsened and become ulcerated. The patient had no dysphagia, dyspnoea...


Widespread rash after throat infection

CaseA previously healthy teenager, aged 16 years, presented with a sudden appearance of a slightly itchy rash located on his trunk and extremities. The eruption was characterised by multiple, well...


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