CAPILLAROSCOPY - AN INSUFFICIENTLY KNOWN AND UNDERUSED METHOD IN RHEUMATOLOGY
Authors:
Marko Barešić, Branimir Anić
Summary
Capillaroscopy is a noninvasive and harmless morphological method for examination of the nailfold capillaries in both suspected and already diagnosed patients with systemic connective disease. The most useful aspect is in discrimination between the patients with primary and secondary Raynaud’s phenomenon. Many of the mentioned features should make capillaroscopy a part of the diagnostic algorithm and follow-up in everyday rheumatologic practice.
Sažetak
Kapilaroskopija je neinvazivna i neškodljiva metoda prikaza morfološke strukture kapilara ležišta noktiju u bolesnika sa sumnjom ili već utvrđenom sustavnom upalnom reumatskom bolešću. Najkorisnija je u razlikovanju bolesnika s primarnim i sekundarnim Raynaudovim sindromom. Zbog brojnih prednosti kapilaroskopija bi trebala naći svoje mjesto u dijagnostičkim algoritmima i praćenju u svakodnevnoj reumatološkoj praksi.
