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REUMATOLOGIA
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Artigo de Reviso
Histrico do artigo: A capilaroscopia periungueal um mtodo simples, de baixo custo, e de extrema relevncia
Recebido em 27 de abril de 2014 na avaliaco de pacientes com fenmeno de Raynaud ou portadores de doencas do espectro
Aceito em 14 de setembro de 2014 da esclerose sistmica (ES). Alm de sua importncia para o diagnstico precoce da ES, cons-
On-line em 22 de outubro de 2014 titui instrumento til na identicaco de pacientes esclerodrmicos com risco elevado para
o desenvolvimento de complicaces vasculares, viscerais e de bito. A incluso da capila-
Palavras-chave: roscopia nos novos critrios para classicaco da ES do Colgio Americano de Reumatologia
Capilaroscopia (ACR) e da Liga Europeia Contra o Reumatismo (Eular) d novo impulso para a utilizaco e
Fenmeno Raynaud disseminaco do mtodo. No presente artigo, pretendemos apresentar uma reviso didtica,
Esclerose sistmica no sistemtica, sobre o tema, com nfase nos avancos recentemente descritos.
2014 Elsevier Editora Ltda. Todos os direitos reservados.
a b s t r a c t
Keywords: Nailfold capillaroscopy is a simple, low-cost method, that is extremely important in the
Capillaroscopy evaluation of patients with Raynauds phenomenon and of patients with systemic sclerosis
Raynauds phenomenon (SSc) spectrum diseases. Besides its importance for the early diagnosis of SSc, nailfold capil-
Systemic sclerosis laroscopy is a useful tool to identify scleroderma patients with high risk for development of
vascular and visceral complications and death. The inclusion of capillaroscopy in the new
classication criteria for SSc of the American College of Rheumatology (ACR) and European
League Against Rheumatism (Eular) gives a new impetus to the use and dissemination of
the method. In this paper, we present a didactic, non-systematic review on the subject, with
emphasis on advances recently described.
2014 Elsevier Editora Ltda. All rights reserved.
Autor para correspondncia.
E-mail: criskayser@terra.com.br (C. Kayser).
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rbr.2014.09.003
0482-5004/ 2014 Elsevier Editora Ltda. Todos os direitos reservados.
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Figura 1 Aparelhos que podem ser usados para realizaco da capilaroscopia periungueal: estereomicroscpio (A);
dermatoscpio (B); videocapilaroscpio (C).
Figura 2 Imagens de capilaroscopia com padro capilaroscpico normal (A) e com padro SD no qual se observam
presenca de micro-hemorragias, capilares ectasiados, megacapilares e reas avasculares (B).
Conforme salientado anteriormente, aproximadamente 90% As alteraces capilaroscpicas no LES so menos espec-
dos pacientes com ES apresentam o padro SD na CPU. cas do que na ES e caracterizadas pela presenca de capilares
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