<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?><article xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
<front>
<journal-meta>
<journal-id>2182-2395</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Revista da Sociedade Portuguesa de Dermatologia e Venereologia]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Rev Soc Port Dermatol Venereol]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>2182-2395</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Sociedade Portuguesa de Dermatologia e Venereologia]]></publisher-name>
</publisher>
</journal-meta>
<article-meta>
<article-id>S2182-23952020000300013</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.29021/spdv.78.3.1220</article-id>
<title-group>
<article-title xml:lang="pt"><![CDATA[Laboratório de Histopatologia Cutânea do Serviço de Dermatologia do Hospital de Santa Maria. Actividade de Doze Anos (2008-2019) - Parte I: Tumores Cutâneos]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Skin Pathology Laboratory of the Department of Dermatology of Hospital de Santa Maria. Twelve Years of Activity (2008-2019) - Part I: Skin Tumors]]></article-title>
</title-group>
<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Lobo]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Marta Aguado]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Lara]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Pablo Espinosa]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Vasconcelos]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Pedro de]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Kieselová]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Katarína]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Almeida]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Luís Soares de]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aaf"/>
</contrib>
</contrib-group>
<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Hospitalar e Universitário de Lisboa Norte Hospital de Santa Maria Serviço de Dermatologia]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Lisboa ]]></addr-line>
<country>Portugal</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af2">
<institution><![CDATA[,Centro Hospitalar de Leiria Serviço de Dermatologia ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Leiria ]]></addr-line>
<country>Portugal</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af3">
<institution><![CDATA[,Centro Hospitalar e Universitário de Lisboa Norte Hospital de Santa Maria Serviço de Dermatologia]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Lisboa ]]></addr-line>
<country>Portugal</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af4">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Medicina Clinica Universitária de Dermatologia de Lisboa]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Lisboa ]]></addr-line>
<country>Portugal</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>30</day>
<month>09</month>
<year>2020</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>30</day>
<month>09</month>
<year>2020</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>78</volume>
<numero>3</numero>
<fpage>13</fpage>
<lpage>18</lpage>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.pt/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S2182-23952020000300013&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.pt/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S2182-23952020000300013&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.pt/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S2182-23952020000300013&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="pt"><p><![CDATA[RESUMO:  Introdução:  O Laboratório de Histopatologia Cutânea do Serviço de Dermatologia do Hospital de Santa Maria de Lisboa funciona ininterruptamente desde sua criação em 1975.  Material e Métodos:  Realizámos um estudo retrospetivo através da análise dos exames histológicos da patologia cutânea tumoral diagnosticados no laboratório durante o período de janeiro de 2008 a dezembro de 2019.  Resultados:  No período 2008-2019 o Laboratório de Histopatologia Cutânea efetuou 60 741 exames histológicos, dos quais 80% foram lesões tumorais. Destes, os tumores malignos representaram cerca de um terço da amostra, essencialmente constituída por basaliomas (53%), carcinomas espinocelulares (23%) e melanomas (8%). Outros tumores malignos documentados foram os linfomas (3%), o sarcoma de Kaposi (1%) e as infiltrações da pele por doenças malignas extracutâneas (2%). Do grupo das neoplasias benignas (68% do número total dos tumores) destacam-se os nevos melanocíticos (50%), as verrugas seborreicas (16%) e os quistos (6%).  Conclusão:  Em termos comparativos com anteriores casuísticas, tem-se assistido a um aumento constante e regular da actividade geral do Laboratório de Histopatologia Cutânea do Serviço de Dermatologia do Hospital de Santa Maria nos últimos 12 anos. Isto tem sido refletido num aumento no número de diagnósticos de tumores cutâneos malignos. Destacamos a importância do exame histológico como componente central no diagnóstico e subsequente tratamento das condições neoplásicas da pele.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[ABSTRACT:  Introduction:  The Skin Pathology Laboratory of the Department of Dermatology of Hospital de Santa Maria, Lisbon, has been operating continuously since its creation.  Material and Methods:  A retrospective study was conducted through the analysis of the histological exams of the tumoral skin pathology of the Laboratory between January 2008 and December 2019.  Results:  In the period 2008-2019 the Skin Pathology Laboratory performed 60 741 histological exams, of which 80% were tumoral lesions. Of these, malignant tumors represented about one third of the sample, essentially constituted by basal cell carcinomas (53%), squamous cell carcinomas (23%) and melanomas (8%). Other malignant tumors were lymphomas (3%), Kaposi's sarcoma (1%) and skin disorders due to extracutaneous malignancies (2%). The group of benign neoplasms (68% of the total number of tumors) included melanocytic nevi (50%), seborrheic keratosis (16%) and cysts (6%).  Conclusion:  Comparing with former casuistic studies, a steady and regular increase in the general activity of the Laboratory of Cutaneous Histopathology at the Dermatology Service of Hospital de Santa Maria has been observed in the past 12 years. This has been reflected in an increase in the number of diagnoses of malignant skin tumors. We highlight the value of histological examination as a central component in the diagnosis and subsequent treatment of neoplastic skin conditions.]]></p></abstract>
<kwd-group>
<kwd lng="pt"><![CDATA[Neoplasias da Pele/patología]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="pt"><![CDATA[Neoplasias da Pele/estatística e dados numéricos.]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Skin Neoplasms/pathology]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Skin Neoplasms/statistics and numerical data.]]></kwd>
</kwd-group>
</article-meta>
</front><back>
<ref-list>
<ref id="B1">
<label>1</label><nlm-citation citation-type="journal">
<person-group person-group-type="author">
<name>
<given-names><![CDATA[Garcia e Silva]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Vasconcelos]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[AM]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Borges]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[LV]]></given-names>
</name>
</person-group>
<article-title xml:lang=""><![CDATA[Laboratório de histopatologia cutânea do Serviço de Dermatologia do Hospital de Santa Maria Actividade no seu primeiro lustro]]></article-title>
<source><![CDATA[Trab Soc Port Dermatol Venereol]]></source>
<year>1981</year>
<volume>39</volume>
<page-range>137-43</page-range></nlm-citation>
</ref>
<ref id="B2">
<label>2</label><nlm-citation citation-type="journal">
<person-group person-group-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Soares de Almeida]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[L]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Marques Gomes]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[MA]]></given-names>
</name>
</person-group>
<article-title xml:lang=""><![CDATA[Laboratório de Histopatologia Cutânea do Serviço de Dermatologia do Hospital de Santa Maria. Actividade de um decénio (1998-2007).]]></article-title>
<source><![CDATA[Trab Soc Port Dermatol Venereol]]></source>
<year>2008</year>
<volume>66</volume>
<page-range>575-9</page-range></nlm-citation>
</ref>
</ref-list>
</back>
</article>
