[The dermatoscopy in the skin pathergy testing: case series in patients with suspected Behçet's Disease].

نویسندگان

  • Maria Antonieta Rios Scherrer
  • Lúcia Porto Fonseca de Castro
  • Vanessa Barreto Rocha
  • Leonardo Pacheco
چکیده

Behçet's disease is a multisystemic disease consisting of a varying combination of ocular, mucocutaneous, neurologic, cardiovascular, gastrointestinal and other manifestations. Its diagnosis is based on clinical criteria, in which a positive pathergy test scores 1. A case series with 26 suspected patients is presented, and the skin pathergy test was performed in 23. The results were read in 48hours, and they were considered negative when without papule, and positive with a papule or pustule. Positive results were divided by papule size, and dermatoscopy was done to measure and observe its clinical aspects. After the readings, a biopsy was performed, with annotation of histopathological aspects. The test was negative in 2 (8.7%) and positive in 21 (91.3%) patients. The results and the literature review are presented.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Revista brasileira de reumatologia

دوره 54 6  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2014