Evaluation of nailfold capillaries in familial Mediterranean fever patients
- نوع فایل : کتاب
- زبان : انگلیسی
- مؤلف : Sevil Aytekin & Fatma Aydin & Tekin Akpolat & Nilgun Senturk & Ahmet Yasar Turanli
- چاپ و سال / کشور: 2011
Description
Familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) is an autosomal recessive disease characterized by recurrent inflammatory febrile attacks, abdominal, chest or joint pain, myalgia, and erysipelas-like skin lesions. Several types of vasculitis are associated with FMF such as polyarteritis nodosa and Henoch–Schِnlein purpura. We aimed to determine microvascular abnormalities in FMF patients via nailfold capillaroscopy using a dermoscope. Thirty-one FMF patients were assessed; capillary enlargement, tortuosity, avascular areas andmicrohemmoraghes were investigated. Capillary enlargement was found in five patients and microhemorrhages in one patient. Our study supports that nailfold capillary abnormalities, which are nonspecific, can be seen in FMF patients, but more studies are needed to clarify the importance of these findings.
Clin Rheumatol (2011) 30:255–257 Received: 18 June 2010 / Revised: 2 September 2010 / Accepted: 15 October 2010 / Published online: 30 October 2010
