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Revista argentina de dermatología
On-line version ISSN 1851-300X
Abstract
LEROUX, MB; LASHAK, C and BOSCH, P. Pathologic capillaroscopic findings before systemic lupus erythematous development. Rev. argent. dermatol. [online]. 2016, vol.97, n.3, pp.1-12. ISSN 1851-300X.
Nailfold capillaroscopy is a technique to visualize the skin microcirculation in vivo. This is of the utmost importance to establish the differential diagnosis between primary and secondary Raynaud. We hereby present the capillaroscopic image of the alterations, both structural and functional, detected in a female adolescent with Raynaud's phenomenon. In the next months the patient developed a systemic lupus erythematosus. The presence of these prior to the development of lupus disease is rare findings.
Keywords : nailfold capillaroscopy; systemic lupus erythematosus; juvenil onset; Raynaud.