Virgil Patrascu

Prof. Dr. Virgil Patrascu


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Academic Career Length

19Years (2008-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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1 January 2013
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MCM E Ciurea
M E Ciurea
DCDaniela Cernea
Daniela Cernea
CGC C Georgescu
C C Georgescu
OCO S Cotoi
O S Cotoi
VPVirgil Patrascu
Virgil Patrascu
RMR Mercuţ
R Mercuţ

20 January 2016
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VPVirgil Patrascu
Virgil Patrascu
OEO. Enache
O. Enache
RCR. Ciurea
R. Ciurea
Verrucous carcinoma (VC) is a rare well-differentiated squamous cell carcinoma with the clinical forms: oral florid papillomatosis, epithelioma cuniculatum, papilomatosis cutis and Buschke-Löwenstein tumor. We present four patients and the four clinical forms of CV. The diagnosis we held after clinical examination and histopathological examination of the balance sheet expansion. First described by Ackermanin the oral mucosal, today it has a reported incidence of 1-3 cases per million inhabitants. CV can involve both skin and mucous membranes. Etiopathogenesis is uncertain, but participation HPV is widely accepted. WHO recognizes the CV as a rare form of well-differentiated squamous cell carcinoma with slow and continues evolution, with the invasion of underlying tissues, frequent relapses and very low risk of metastasis. The elective therapy is surgical excision with safety oncological margins. Diagnosis involves corroboration of clinical data with histopathological appearance and evolutive behavior of the tumor. Given the increased risk for recurrence, the patient should be reviewed quarterly to finding healing.

31 March 2021
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LGLiliana Gabriela Geoloaica
Liliana Gabriela Geoloaica
VPVirgil Patrascu
Virgil Patrascu
RCRaluca Niculina Ciurea
Raluca Niculina Ciurea
Necrobiotic xanthogranuloma is a rare type of non-Langerhans histiocytosis, whose main clinical features are the development of red-brown, purplish or yellowish skin papules and nodules, which evolve by forming infiltrated plaques. The periorbital region is the most commonly affected site. Some cases have lesions on the torso or extremities, with no facial involvement. Extracutaneous involvement of the ocular, respiratory, and cardiac tissues have also been described. Most patients have an associated monoclonal gammopathy (IgG k and λ). The treatment is difficult, with progression and recurrence. We present the clinical case of a 65-year-old woman, who was hospitalized for multiple erythematous plaques and placards, with fine squames and telangiectasis on the surface, disseminated within the scalp, ears, trunk, lower limbs; some plaques have a circinate border with reddish-purple, slightly protruding edges and a whitish and erosive atrophic center. The lesions within the scalp are alopecic. The disease began 15 years ago, the patient being diagnosed with Psoriasis vulgaris and treated with dermatocorticoids and Cignolin, with no remarkable results. Paraclinical investigations did not reveal any associated pathologies. Histopathological and immunohistochemical examination confirmed the diagnosis of necrobiotic Xanthogranuloma. The patient was treated with antihistamines, Neuromultivit, Vit E 100mg/day, Oximed spray, Atoderm emollient cream, Neopreol ointment, with slow favorable evolution. The physical examination and laboratory investigations for the diagnosis and surveillance of malignant diseases should be performed on a regular basis in patients with NXG. Our patient had lesions with a course of 15 years, with no development of multiple myeloma or other systemic involvement.

1 January 2013
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VPVirgil Patrascu
Virgil Patrascu
CGClaudia Giurcă
Claudia Giurcă
RCRaluca Niculina Ciurea
Raluca Niculina Ciurea
CGClaudia Valentina Georgescu
Claudia Valentina Georgescu

31 March 2020
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VPVirgil Patrascu
Virgil Patrascu
LGLiliana Gabriela Geoloaica
Liliana Gabriela Geoloaica
RCRaluca Niculina Ciurea
Raluca Niculina Ciurea
Sweet syndrome (SS), also denominated as acute febrile neutrophilic dermatosis, is a rare disease characterized by the sudden onset of painful, erythematous, firm skin lesions (papules, plaques, and nodules) which show, upon histologic examination, the presence of a diffuse infiltrate of mature neutrophils. The cutaneous manifestation typically involves the face, neck, trunk, and upper limbs and is associated with fever, general malaise, arthralgia. A female patient, 60 years old, attended the Dermatology Clinic due to the appearance of violaceous erythematous-oedematous infiltrated plaques, located on the face, neck, upper limbs, trunk and knees. The onset of the cutaneous manifestation had occurred 2 months prior, accompanied by pain, chills, flares of fever and arthralgia. The onset coincided with the surgical treatment of an umbilical hernia. From the medical history we note that the patient was diagnosed in 2014 with histiocytoid SS. She followed a treatment with methylprednisolone, with positive response, but had many relapses after the discontinuation of treatment. In 2017, due to a new episode, the histopathological examination was repeated, which revealed classical SS. She received treatment with Disulone and Colchicine. She had not been administered any treatment throughout the previous year. Laboratory tests revealed leukocytosis with neutrophils, increased ESR, elevated C4, hyperglycemia. The current histopathological examination revealed lymphocytic SS. Under treatment with methylprednisolone 32mg/day, the evolution was favorable. The first case of SS was described by Robert Douglas Sweet in 1964. As known aetiological factors there have been described gastrointestinal and urinary tract infections, pregnancy, inflammatory bowel disease, drugs or malignancies. There have been described cases of SS that appeared after surgical treatment, as in our case, which registered a new outbreak following the umbilical hernia treatment. The histopathological variants of SS described in the literature are: subcutaneous, eosinophilic, histiocytoid, lymphocytic type. The first line-therapy consists in systemic corticosteroids, which induce a fast remission of lesions and general symptoms. Recurrence may occur in approximately 50% of patients and is common in idiopathic or paraneoplastic cases. In addition to the neutrophilic infiltrate that is typical for Sweet syndrome, different types of histological manifestations have been described in the literature: subcutaneous, eosinophilic, histiocytoid, lymphocytic. In our case, we noted that the histological profile changed over time, from a histiocytoid SS recorded in 2014, to a classical SS in 2017, followed by the appearance of lymphocytic SS in 2019. Due to the fact that SS can be associated with a numerous other disorders, our patient requires regular monitoring with a view to eliminate them, and potentially to make a diagnosis and initiate early specific treatment.

1 January 2013
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MCMaria Ciobanu
Maria Ciobanu
IEIrina Anca Eremia
Irina Anca Eremia
SCStefania Crăiţoiu
Stefania Crăiţoiu
CMCLAUDIU MARGARITESCU
CLAUDIU MARGARITESCU
SEStepan Alex Emilian
Stepan Alex Emilian
DDDaniela Dumitrescu
Daniela Dumitrescu