The nailfold videocapillaroscopy findings of Behçet's syndrome

Evaluation of nailfold videocapillaroscopy in central serous chorioretinopathy

“…In summary, NVC is a tool with established effectiveness and reliability, which is used in diagnosis, staging and prognostication in rheumatology [15,16]. There are many studies assessing videocapilaroscopic findings in different disease groups [13,19,21,[23][24][25][26]. To the best of our knowledge, there is no study about videocapillaroscopic findings in CSCR; thus, we couldn't compare our results.…”

“…NVC has been used for the analysis of micro-vascular abnormalities present in several rheumatic disorders and extrarheumatic diseases [14,20,21]. In healthy individuals, nailfold capillaries generally display a regular structure with a uniform pattern of shape, distribution and size.…”

“…In the nailfold, distal capillary rows in the dermal papillae have a parallel course to the nail surface; thus, they can be seen in their whole length. In healthy individuals, distal capillary rows appear as red, hair pin-shaped loops parallel to the finger axis [21]. However, characteristic capillaroscopy findings in patients with rheumatic disease are enlarged capillaries, giant capillaries, neoangiogenesis, capillary loss and/or avascular areas [19].…”

“…Then, the nailfold capillary system was assessed for capillary distribution, density and morphology according to Maricq's criteria modified by Bergman et al [18]. Capillary patterns in healthy individuals have been defined in the literature [19][20][21]. In the nailfold, distal capillary rows in the dermal papillae have a parallel course to the nail surface; thus, they can be seen in their whole length.…”

The Impact of Nailfold Capillaroscopy in the Approach of Microcirculation

“…Behçet disease (BD) relationship with NFC alterations have been described in some studies, but they all used different technical characteristics for visualization of microcirculation [42,[49][50][51]. The main NFC abnormalities include enlarged capillaries, microhemorrhages, reduced density, and tortuosity (Figure 15).…”