Professional paper

Capillaroscopy - an insufficiently known and underused method in rheumatology

Marko Barešić ; Department for Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, Clinic for Internal Medicine, Clinical Hospital Centre Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
Branimir Anić ; Department for Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, Clinic for Internal Medicine, Clinical Hospital Centre Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia

Abstract

Capillaroscopy is a noninvasive and harmless morphological method for examination of the nailfold capillaries in both suspected and already diagnosed patients with systemic connective disease. The most useful aspect is in discrimination between the patients with primary and secondary Raynaud’s phenomenon. Many of the mentioned features should make capillaroscopy a part of the diagnostic algorithm and follow-up in everyday rheumatologic practice.

Keywords

capillaroscopy; videocapillaroscopy; nailfold capillaries; Raynaud’s phenomenon; systemic sclerosis

Hrčak ID:

125220

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/125220

Publication date:

1.7.2009.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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