This study aimed to assess the accuracy of quick sequential organ failure assessment (qSOFA) and systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS) in predicting 30-day mortality in patients with suspected infections in...

Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma with Cutaneous Manifestations in a Young Patient Using Clozapine for Schizophrenia: A Case Report

Moraes de Brito M, Guedes M, Nascimento J, Jatoba V, Alves Junior M, Lira A, et al.

Am J Case Rep . 2023 Nov; 24:e941746. PMID: 37986560

BACKGROUND Non-Hodgkin lymphoma is the most common hematological malignancy in the world. Diffuse large B-cell lymphoma the most common type and the cutaneous involvement due to this neoplasm is rare....

Stevens-Johnson syndrome after ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 vaccine

Gouveia P, Cavalcanti L, Alves L, Almeida D, Barretto L

Indian J Dermatol Venereol Leprol . 2022 Aug; 88(5):702. PMID: 35986626

No abstract available.

Autoimmune Hepatitis Associated With Cryoglobulinemic Vasculitis

Gouveia P, Leal M, Rampche S

ACG Case Rep J . 2022 Jul; 9(7):e00804. PMID: 35800298

Cryoglobulinemic vasculitis presents liver abnormalities usually associated with hepatitis C. We report a case of a 27-year-old woman with cryoglobulinemia and liver dysfunction secondary to autoimmune hepatitis. The patient developed...

Value of18F-FDG PET/CT in the Diagnosis and Assessment of Response to Treatment of Lupus Myocarditis

Perazzo A, Andrade L, Venancio L, Gouveia P, Galvao M, Lins E, et al.

Arq Bras Cardiol . 2022 Jun; 118(6):1150-1152. PMID: 35703657

No abstract available.

The relationship between chikungunya virus and the kidneys: A scoping review

Costa D, Gouveia P, Silva G, de Menezes Neves P, Vajgel G, Cavalcante M, et al.

Rev Med Virol . 2022 May; 33(1):e2357. PMID: 35521644

Several atypical forms of chikungunya fever (CHIK) have been described, including neurological, cardiac and renal involvement. These forms may be related to high morbidity and mortality rates. This scoping review...

Long-Term Persistence of Serum-Specific Anti-Chikungunya IgM Antibody - A Case Series of Brazilian Patients

Costa D, Coelho M, Gouveia P, Bezerra L, Lopes Marques C, Duarte A, et al.

Rev Soc Bras Med Trop . 2021 Apr; 54:e0855. PMID: 33886823

The persistence of serum-specific anti-chikungunya IgM antibodies (CHIKV-IgM) can vary after chikungunya fever (CHIK) infection. However, the factors related to its production are not yet known. We described a case...

Exuberant bullous vasculitis associated with SARS-CoV-2 infection

Gouveia P, Cipriano I, de Melo M, da Silva H, Amorim M, Leitao C, et al.

IDCases . 2021 Jan; 23:e01047. PMID: 33457205

We described a case of exuberant cutaneous small-vessel vasculitis in a 27-year-old male with mild CoVID-19 in Brazil. The patient presented painful purpuric papules and vesicobullous lesions with hemorrhagic content...

Severe Aplastic Anemia Developed after Thymectomy: A Case Report and Literature Review

Rodrigues B, Freire P, E Siqueira Campos B, Vieira J, Gouveia P

Case Rep Hematol . 2020 Jun; 2020:7819321. PMID: 32509363

Thymus neoplasms are frequently related to paraneoplastic autoimmune manifestations. Its most common associations are myasthenia gravis and pure red cell aplasia. Aplastic anemia has been increasingly documented as an initial...

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Reversible Pulmonary Hypertension Secondary to Scurvy in a Patient with a Psychiatric Disorder: a Case Report and Literature Review

Ferreira C, Belfort D, Neto P, Gouveia P

Eur J Case Rep Intern Med . 2020 Mar; 7(2):001404. PMID: 32133311

Learning Points: Diagnosing ascorbic acid deficiency is important as associated pulmonary hypertension could be completely resolved with appropriate treatment.Ascorbic acid deficiency is a condition that can still be found in...