Relationship between nailfold capillaroscopy findings and the etiology and prognosis of interstitial lung disease.

Objectives: Connective tissue-associated interstitial lung diseases (CTD-ILD) are believed to be caused by microvascular damage. The objective of this study was to assess the nailfold capillaroscopy (NFC) pattern in patients diagnosed with both CTD-ILD and non-CTD-ILD to identify microvascular changes and determine the relation between capillaroscopic parameters, clinical variables, and disease-related measurements.

Patients And Methods: This cross-sectional study included 95 patients with interstitial lung disease who applied to our Rheumatology and Chest Clinics between September 2021 and July 2023.

Clinical trait-specific genetic analysis in Behçet's disease identifies novel loci associated with ocular and neurological involvement.

Behçet's disease is a complex inflammatory vasculitis with a broad spectrum of clinical manifestations. The purpose of this study was to investigate the genetics underlying specific clinical features of Behçet's disease. A total of 436 patients with Behçet's disease from Turkey were studied.

Microvascular damage evaluation based on nailfold videocapillarosopy in sarcoidosis.

Objectives: Microvascular damage is thought to play a role in the pathogenesis of sarcoidosis. We aimed to evaluate the nailfold capillaroscopy (NVC) pattern to detect microvascular changes in patients with sarcoidosis and the relationship of capillaroscopic parameters with clinical variables and disease-related measurements.

Patients And Methods: Forty-two patients with sarcoidosis and 42 age- and sex-matched patients with systemic sclerosis (SSc) and healthy individuals were included in this cross-sectional case-control study.