High-frequency sonography in the evaluation of nail psoriasis.

Marina, Mihaela; Jid, Carolina Botar; Bolboacă, Sorana D.; Bocşa, Corina; Mihu, Carmen Mihaela; Tătaru, Alexandru

doi:10.11152/mu.2013.2066.183.hgh

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“…In our study, patients with psoriasis had a higher NPT in comparison with HCs (p<0.001). Gisondi et al and Marina et al found similar results in their studies [36,39]. Patients with PND had a significantly higher NVRI than HCs in the present study (p<0.001).…”

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“…Patients with PND had a significantly higher NVRI than HCs in the present study (p<0.001). Similar NVRI results were reported by El-Ahmed et al and Marina et al [30,36]. These results can be explained by the decreased blood supply in the nail bed in psoriatic patients due to endothelial dysfunction and wall vessel thickening [36].…”

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confidence: 80%

“…Similar NVRI results were reported by El-Ahmed et al and Marina et al [30,36]. These results can be explained by the decreased blood supply in the nail bed in psoriatic patients due to endothelial dysfunction and wall vessel thickening [36]. Peripheral vascular resistance is related to vessel length and blood viscosity and the major determinant of resistance is the vessel diameter [30,40].…”

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confidence: 78%

“…US provides high quality information regarding both structural and blood flow changes in the nail unit. The ventral nail plate deposits were seen in 17.72% of involved nails and 4.62% of the nails without clinical signs of involvement (p<0.05) [36]. The dorsal and ventral nail plates appear as bilaminar, parallel, hyperechoic lines with a hypoechoic space in between in healthy subjects.…”

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confidence: 92%

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The microvascular and morphostructural changes of nails in psoriatic patients with nail disease; a link between ultrasound and videocapillaroscopy findings in the nailfold

Üreyen¹,

Kara²,

Ertürk³

et al. 2018

Med Ultrason

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Objective: The objective of this study is to evaluate the link between nail fold vessel resistive index (NVRI) measured by ultrasound (US) and capillary loops diameters measured using nailfold videocapillarascopy (NVC), and to assess the morphological appearance of the nail bed in patients with psoriatic nail disease (PND) as compared with healthy controls (HCs).Material and methods: This study was conducted in patients with PND and HCs. General demographic data were collected and clinical assessments were performed for all subjects. The nail plate thickness (NPT) was measured on gray scale using US. The NVRI was measured using color Doppler (CD) US. The measurements of the apical, arterial, venous limb diameters and morpho-structural changes (tortuous, cross-linked capillaries) were assessed using NVC.Results: Thirty-four patients with PND and 15 HCs were enrolled in this study. The two groups were matched for age and body mass index (BMI). Patients with PND had higher NPT and NVRI in comparison with HCs [(20 (17-23) vs 14 (14-15), p<0.001), (0.55 (0.51-0.61) vs 0.43 (0.38-0.49), p<0.001), respectively]. A higher proportion of patients with PND had tortuous capillaries than HCs (62% and 20% respectively, p=0.005). The mean NVRI was higher in patients with PND who had tortuous capillaries than patients who did not have tortuous capillaries (0.58 (0.7) and 0.52 (0.09), respectively p=0.033).Conclusion: Microvascular changes can be detected easily using non-invasive methods such as US and NVC. These methods can provide an objective data to better assess PND.

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confidence: 92%

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The microvascular and morphostructural changes of nails in psoriatic patients with nail disease; a link between ultrasound and videocapillaroscopy findings in the nailfold

Üreyen¹,

Kara²,

Ertürk³

et al. 2018

Med Ultrason

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“…Study subjects were appropriately described in all included studies, and valid methods to determine the presence of the pathological condition were used and extensively described. The statistical analysis plan was deemed appropriate for the 15 studies [26][27][28][29][30][31][32][33][34][35][36][37][38][39][40]. Overall, the risk of bias was assessed as moderate to high due to the small sample size of the studies.…”

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The use of ultrasonography in the diagnosis of nail disease among patients with psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis: a systematic review

2019

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Background: Nail involvement has been described as a key clinical feature for both psoriasis (PsO) and psoriatic arthritis (PsA) and is an important risk factor in PsA. Thus, early diagnosis of nail involvement may be essential for better management of PsO and PsA. Ultrasonography is considered a highly promising method to visualize nail disease. The main aim of this review was to evaluate the use of ultrasonography for the diagnosis of nail disease in patients with PsO and PsA by reviewing ultrasound parameters with the best diagnostic accuracy. Main body of the abstract: A systematic search was performed in MEDLINE via the PubMed and LILACS databases. Conference proceedings of relevant rheumatology scientific meetings were also screened. Results: After applying eligibility criteria, only 13 articles and 5 abstracts were included in this review. The selected studies showed a huge variability in evaluation methods (and therefore in the results) and were mainly focused on the assessment of nails ultrasound parameters that may differ among patients and healthy controls, especially the morphological aspects in B-mode ultrasonography and vascularization of the nail bed by Doppler ultrasonography. Our research indicated that the evaluation of nail disease in PsO and PsA is still underrepresented in the literature, probably reflecting a restricted use in clinical practice, despite the widespread use of ultrasonography in the management of chronic arthritis. Short conclusions: Despite the potential relevance of ultrasonography for the diagnosis of nail disease, additional studies are needed to determine which features are more reliable and clinically pertinent to ensure accuracy in the evaluation of nail involvement in PsO and PsA.

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Ultrasound clinical references of the healthy toenail unit

López Ripado,

Villar Rodríguez,

Mingorance Álvarez

et al. 2024

Clinical Anatomy

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The toenail unit, commonly called the nail, is one of the most frequently examined and treated structures in clinical podiatry. Ultrasound is a standard clinical technique because it is a noninvasive, painless, and rapid diagnostic tool. The main objective of this study was to obtain morphometric data of the healthy toenail unit by ultrasound for clinical application. The nails of 76 participants (152 hallux nails; 38 men, 38 women, average age 26.83 ± 12.20) were examined using a VINNO E35 ultrasound system and an X6‐16L linear probe with a frequency of 18 MHz. Five ultrasound measures of the healthy toenail unit were obtained, of which only the distance from the center of the distal phalange to the nail plate varied with age, sex, weight, and foot (p‐values ≤ 0.050). The other four parameters were less influenced by the variables analyzed, except sex, which influenced nearly all (p‐values ≤ 0.050). In one of these variables, indications of significance were observed (p‐values = 0.060), with greater distances in the men than in the women, except for nail plate curvature, which showed a higher value. The other variables studied did not influence the parameters analyzed. High‐frequency ultrasound can be used to examine the healthy toenail unit and define anthropometric reference measurements that can be used for more accurate and comparative diagnosis.

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High-frequency sonography in the evaluation of nail psoriasis.

Cited by 35 publications

References 20 publications

The microvascular and morphostructural changes of nails in psoriatic patients with nail disease; a link between ultrasound and videocapillaroscopy findings in the nailfold

The microvascular and morphostructural changes of nails in psoriatic patients with nail disease; a link between ultrasound and videocapillaroscopy findings in the nailfold

The use of ultrasonography in the diagnosis of nail disease among patients with psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis: a systematic review

Ultrasound clinical references of the healthy toenail unit

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