Skin Pathology Laboratory of the Department of Dermatology of Hospital de Santa Maria (Lisbon). Twelve Years of Activity (2008-2019) – Part II: Non-Tumour Diseases

  • Pedro de Vasconcelos Serviço de Dermatologia, Hospital de Santa Maria, Centro Hospitalar e Universitário de Lisboa Norte, Lisboa, Portugal https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7480-1228
  • Pablo Espinosa Lara Serviço de Dermatologia, Hospital de Santa Maria, Centro Hospitalar e Universitário de Lisboa Norte, Lisboa, Portugal https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0692-7301
  • Marta Aguado Lobo Serviço de Dermatologia, Hospital de Santa Maria, Centro Hospitalar e Universitário de Lisboa Norte, Lisboa, Portugal
  • Katarína Kieselová Serviço de Dermatologia, Hospital de Leiria, Leiria, Portugal https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0064-7571
  • Luís Soares de Almeida Serviço de Dermatologia, Hospital de Santa Maria, Centro Hospitalar e Universitário de Lisboa Norte, Lisboa, Portugal; Clínica Universitária de Dermatologia de Lisboa, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4026-6105
Keywords: Skin Diseases/pathology, Skin Diseases/statistics and numerical data

Abstract

Introduction: Between 2008 and 2019, in the Skin Pathology Laboratory of the Dermatology Department of Hospital de Santa Maria (Lisbon), 60 741 histological exams were performed, 11 873 of them concerned non tumour diseases (20%).

Material and Methods: A retrospective study was conducted through the analysis of the histological exams of the non-tumoral skin pathology of the laboratory between January 2008 and December 2019.

Results: Toxic erythemas were the most frequent group diagnosed (16%), followed by spongiotic dermatosis (14%), cutaneous infections (14%), psoriasiform dermatosis (10%) lichenoid dermatosis (8%), autoimmune bullous skin diseases (7%), vasculopathies (7%), collagenosis (6%), granulomatous diseases (5%), non tumour skin adnexal diseases (4%), panniculitis (1%), non tumour mucosal diseases (1%) and genodermatoses (1%). A number of cases (6%) corresponded to many diverse diagnoses that could not be classified into the main groups considered.

Conclusion: Comparing with two previous series concerning the activity of this laboratory (referring to the period between 1975-1980 and 1998-2007), it was noticed that the total number of exams that were done in the considered period had consistently grown. This global growth was seen in all pathological categories, with the exception of genodermatoses. The observed results reaffirm the relevant role of the Skin Pathology Laboratory in the context of the Dermatology Department of Hospital de Santa Maria (Lisbon), not only based on the volume of exams there processed but also due to the higher level of expertise it achieved.

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Published
2021-04-05
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de Vasconcelos, P., Espinosa Lara, P., Aguado Lobo, M., Kieselová, K., & Soares de Almeida, L. (2021). Skin Pathology Laboratory of the Department of Dermatology of Hospital de Santa Maria (Lisbon). Twelve Years of Activity (2008-2019) – Part II: Non-Tumour Diseases. Journal of the Portuguese Society of Dermatology and Venereology, 79(1), 27-32. https://doi.org/10.29021/spdv.79.1.1306
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