NAILFOLD CAPILLAROSCOPY IN CONNECTIVE-TISSUE DISORDERS AND IN RAYNAUDS-PHENOMENON

Authors
BLOCKMANS D VERMYLEN J BOBBAERS H
Citation
D. Blockmans et al., NAILFOLD CAPILLAROSCOPY IN CONNECTIVE-TISSUE DISORDERS AND IN RAYNAUDS-PHENOMENON, Acta Clinica Belgica, 48(1), 1993, pp. 30-41
Citations number
NO
Categorie Soggetti
Medicine, General & Internal
Journal title
Acta Clinica Belgica → ACNP
ISSN journal
00015512
Volume
48
Issue
1
Year of publication
1993
Pages
30 - 41
Database
ISI
SICI code
0001-5512(1993)48:1<30:NCICDA>2.0.ZU;2-J
Abstract
This article focuses on the value and the limitations of nailfold capi llaroscopy in the differential diagnosis of certain connective tissue diseases and in the early recognition of secondary Raynaud's phenomeno n. The finding of a <<scleroderma-pattern>> (apical enlargement and dr op-out of capillaries) points almost certainly to an underlying progre ssive systemic sclerosis, mixed connective tissue disease or dermatomy ositis.