Nail Fold Capillary Pattern in Systemic Scleroderma

Nail fold capillary pattern in systemic scleroderma.

Absence of Scleroderma pattern at nail fold capillaroscopy valuable in the exclusion of Scleroderma in unselected patients with Raynaud’s Phenomenon

BACKGROUND To report the predictive value of nail-fold capillaroscopy (NFC) patterns of vasculopathy for systemic sclerosis (Scleroderma; SSc) in an unselected cohort of patients with Raynaud's phenomenon (RP). METHODS Patients referred to a tertiary SSc clinic with RP were evaluated by light/video-NFC. Clinical diagnosis, details and serology were recorded. Primary RP was defined as RP with ...

Intravital microscopy and capillaroscopically guided nail fold biopsy in scleroderma.

OBJECTIVES To describe the frequency, extent, and nature of microvascular lesions in patients with scleroderma by means of capillaroscopy and capillaroscopically guided nail fold biopsy, and to determine the diagnostic value of the two methods and the pathophysiological significance of the lesions described. METHODS A cohort study was made of 24 consecutive patients with scleroderma and 10 he...

The width of the nail fold capillary stream in clubbing.

W HILE DIGITAL CLUBBING MAY BE benign and hereditary, it is commonly associated with pathologic states such as pulmonary arteriovenous aneur-ysms, mesotheliomas of the pleura, cyanotic congenital heart disease, subacute bacterial endocarditis, bronchiectasis, lung abscess, bronchogenic carcinoma, and diseases of liver and gastrointestinal tract.'' The earliest changes are flattening of the angl...

Scleroderma hypertensive renal crisis and the changing pattern of mortality in systemic sclerosis (scleroderma)