Nailfold capillaroscopy as diagnostic test in patients with psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis: A systematic review
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Nailfold capillaroscopy as diagnostic test in patients with psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis : A systematic review. / Lazar, L. T.; Guldberg-Møller, J.; Lazar, B. T.; Mogensen, M.
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T1 - Nailfold capillaroscopy as diagnostic test in patients with psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis
T2 - A systematic review
AU - Lazar, L. T.
AU - Guldberg-Møller, J.
AU - Lazar, B. T.
AU - Mogensen, M.
N1 - Publisher Copyright: © 2023 The Authors
PY - 2023
Y1 - 2023
N2 - Up to 30 % of patients with psoriasis (PsO) develop psoriatic arthritis (PsA), and diagnosis can be difficult. Nailfold capillaroscopy (NC) is an easily applicable, non-invasive procedure to assess skin microcirculation. This systematic review investigates NC as diagnostic tool for PsO and PsA, including correlations between NC outcome measures to clinical and laboratory outcome measures. This systematic review was built on the PICO and PRISMA guidelines. In total 22 relevant studies were found Searching in the Web of Science, PubMed and Embase, latest update June 13th, 2022. The following NC outcome measures are found to be significantly more prevalent in PsO patients than healthy controls: reduced density, reduced length and more abnormal morphology. Likewise, in PsA patients, reduced density, more abnormal morphology, more microhaemorrhages and fewer hairpin shapes are found to be significantly more prevalent. Results were non-conclusive in terms of disease activity and duration with NC findings. Random-effects meta-analysis showed a significant reduction of density in PsO patients compared to healthy controls (studies: 6, n = 249; SMD = -0.91; 95 % CI [−1.41, −0.40], p = 0.0058, heterogeneity I2=74 %, AUC = 0.740) and in PsA patients compared to healthy controls (studies: 5, n = 130; SMD = -1.22; 95 % CI [−2.38, −0.06], p = 0.0432, heterogeneity I2=89 %, AUC = 0.806). No NC outcome measures were overall conclusive in differentiating PsO from PsA. Considering the conflicting results and small sample sizes further large-scale research on the identification of capillaroscopic changes in PsO and PsA and correlations with standardised clinical and laboratory outcome measures are necessary.
AB - Up to 30 % of patients with psoriasis (PsO) develop psoriatic arthritis (PsA), and diagnosis can be difficult. Nailfold capillaroscopy (NC) is an easily applicable, non-invasive procedure to assess skin microcirculation. This systematic review investigates NC as diagnostic tool for PsO and PsA, including correlations between NC outcome measures to clinical and laboratory outcome measures. This systematic review was built on the PICO and PRISMA guidelines. In total 22 relevant studies were found Searching in the Web of Science, PubMed and Embase, latest update June 13th, 2022. The following NC outcome measures are found to be significantly more prevalent in PsO patients than healthy controls: reduced density, reduced length and more abnormal morphology. Likewise, in PsA patients, reduced density, more abnormal morphology, more microhaemorrhages and fewer hairpin shapes are found to be significantly more prevalent. Results were non-conclusive in terms of disease activity and duration with NC findings. Random-effects meta-analysis showed a significant reduction of density in PsO patients compared to healthy controls (studies: 6, n = 249; SMD = -0.91; 95 % CI [−1.41, −0.40], p = 0.0058, heterogeneity I2=74 %, AUC = 0.740) and in PsA patients compared to healthy controls (studies: 5, n = 130; SMD = -1.22; 95 % CI [−2.38, −0.06], p = 0.0432, heterogeneity I2=89 %, AUC = 0.806). No NC outcome measures were overall conclusive in differentiating PsO from PsA. Considering the conflicting results and small sample sizes further large-scale research on the identification of capillaroscopic changes in PsO and PsA and correlations with standardised clinical and laboratory outcome measures are necessary.
KW - Dermoscopy
KW - Diagnostic research
KW - Nail imaging
KW - Nailfold capillaroscopy
KW - Psoriasis
KW - Psoriasis arthritis
U2 - 10.1016/j.mvr.2023.104476
DO - 10.1016/j.mvr.2023.104476
M3 - Review
C2 - 36657709
AN - SCOPUS:85147361642
VL - 147
JO - Microvascular Research
JF - Microvascular Research
SN - 0026-2862
M1 - 104476
ER -
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