Reproducibility of the scleroderma pattern assessed by wide-field capillaroscopy in subjects suffering from Raynaud’s phenomenon

• Published in: Rheumatology (Oxford, England) Vol. 56; no. 10; pp. 1780 - 1783
• Main Authors: Boulon, Carine, Blaise, Sophie, Lazareth, Isabelle, Le Hello, Claire, Pistorius, Marc-Antoine, Imbert, Bernard, Mangin, Marion, Sintes, Pierre, Senet, Patricia, Decamps-Le Chevoir, Joëlle, Tribout, Laurent, Carpentier, Patrick, Constans, Joël
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England 01.10.2017
• Subjects: Adult; Case-Control Studies; Female; Humans; Male; Microscopic Angioscopy - methods; Microscopic Angioscopy - statistics & numerical data; Nails - blood supply; Nails - diagnostic imaging; Observer Variation; Raynaud Disease - etiology; Raynaud Disease - physiopathology; Reproducibility of Results; Scleroderma, Systemic - complications; Scleroderma, Systemic - diagnosis; Raynaud’s phenomenon; systemic sclerosis; reproducibility; nailfold capillaroscopy

The aim of this work was to study inter- and intra-observer agreement for the diagnosis of scleroderma pattern by wide-field capillaroscopy. Images were taken from 50 patients known to have SSc and 50 controls consulting for RP who did not have SSc. These images were rated simultaneously by 11 exper...