Möglichkeiten und Grenzen der Kapillarmikroskopie in der Kinderrheumatologie

K. Gerhold

doi:10.1055/s-0037-1618141

Arthritis und Rheuma, Table of Contents

Arthritis und Rheuma 2012; 32(05): 323-329
DOI: 10.1055/s-0037-1618141

Kinderrheumatologie: Übersichtsarbeit

Schattauer GmbH

Möglichkeiten und Grenzen der Kapillarmikroskopie in der Kinderrheumatologie

Limitations and possibilities of nailfold capillaroscopy in pediatric rheumatology

K. Gerhold

¹Klinik für Pädiatrie mit Schwerpunkt Pneumologie und Immunologie, Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin

²Deutsches Rheumaforschungszentrum, ein Institut der Leibniz-Gemeinschaft, Berlin

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Abstract

Zusammenfassung

Die Kapillarmikroskopie erfasst im Rahmen entzündlich rheumatischer Erkrankungen strukturelle Störungen der Mikrozirkulation. Das Verfahren ist aktuell vor allem für die Diagnostik und Verlaufsbeobachtung erwachsener Patienten mit Raynaud-Syndrom oder systemischer Sklerose (Sklerodermie) etabliert, steht jedoch als nicht invasives Verfahren grundsätzlich auch für die Untersuchung von Kindern und Jugendlichen zur Verfügung. Dieser Übersichtsartikel stellt Befunde bei gesunden Kindern und Jugendlichen sowie charakteristische Befunde bei entzündlichen Systemerkrankungen des Kindesund Jugendalters wie der juvenilen idiopathischen Arthritis, der juvenilen systemischen Sklerose und der juvenilen Dermatomyositis sowie dem Raynaud-Phänomen dar, und fasst abschließend die aktuellen Möglichkeiten und Grenzen der Kapillarmikroskopie als bildgebende Methode im klinischen Alltag pädiatrischer Rheumatologien zusammen.

Summary

Nailfold capillarscopy is a valid method to display and evaluate structural dysfunction of the microcirculation in systemic inflammatory diseases. It is widely established as a diagnostic procedure at disease onset and for follow-up of adult patients with Raynaud’s phenomenon or systemic sclerosis, but may also be available for non-invasive examination of children and adolescents with respective diseases. The review will give an overview of characteristic findings in healthy children and adolescents as well as in children with juvenile idiopathic arthritis, juvenile systemic sclerosis, juvenile dermatomyositis and Raynaud’s phenomenon. Possibilities and limitations of nailfold capillaroscopy for daily care in pediatric rheumatology will be presented in conclusion.

Schlüsselwörter

Kapillarmikroskopie - rheumatische Erkrankungen - Kinderrheumatologie

Keywords

Nailfold capillaroscopy - rheumatic diseases - pediatric rheumatology

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