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Title: The nailfold videocapillaroscopy findings of Behçet's syndrome
Authors: Alan, Sevil
Balkarlı, Ayşe
Tuna, Serpil
Özkan, Ümit
Temel, Şahin
Özhan, Nail
Çobankara, Veli
Keywords: Behçet's disease
capillaroscopy
nailfold
adult
arthralgia
arthritis
Article
Behcet disease
bleeding
capillary density
clinical feature
colitis
controlled study
diagnostic procedure
epididymitis
erythema nodosum
female
fibrosis
genital ulcer
hemoptysis
human
major clinical study
male
microvasculature
mouth ulcer
nailfold videocapillaroscopy
prospective study
thrombophlebitis
uveitis
vasculitis
Publisher: Elsevier Ltd
Abstract: Background Nailfold videocapillaroscopy (NVC) is a diagnostic method for evaluating the microvasculature. Behçet's disease (BD) can affect vessels of all types and sizes. Methods We performed NVC in 82 randomly selected patients with BD. NVC was performed for eight fingers (excluding the thumbs) with a 200× magnification. Results Of the 82 patients with BD, 75 had at least one capillaroscopic change, including tortuosity in 75 (91.5%), bizarre capillaries in eight (9.8%), microhemorrhages in four (4.9%) and mega capillary in two (2.4%). The mean number of capillaries/mm length of nailfold in the group with BD was 10.17 ± 1.23 and was 11.45 ± 0.99 in the healthy controls (p < 0.001). Conclusion In this study, the BD group had significantly more capillaroscopic pathological findings than did the healthy control group. However, the detected capillaroscopic pathology rate in BD patients was significantly lower than that of three previously published studies. Further studies are needed to clarify the diagnostic and prognostic value of capillaroscopy in BD. © Copyright 2016, Taiwanese Dermatological Association. Published by Elsevier Taiwan LLC. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license.
URI: https://hdl.handle.net/11499/9555
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dsi.2015.08.008
ISSN: 1027-8117
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