Authors : G.A. Scardina and P. Messina
Abstract: The aim of this study is to verify labial microcirculation differences among healthy subjects and those with Hashimoto`sthyroiditis. Fifteen healthy patients and 15 patients suffering from Hashimoto`s thyroiditis were examined. Labial capillaroscopy was used to investigate the characteristics of microcirculation. For each patient we evaluated visibility, course, tortuosity and the possible presence of microhaemorrhages, average calibre of capillary loops and the number of visible capillary loops per square millimetre. The investigation of the labial mucous was simple, non invasive and repeatable for each patient. In Hashimoto`sthyroiditis patients it was possible to observe a wide vascular architectural disorganisation, morphologic anomalies of the capillary loops, loosening of the U shape, reduced capillary diameter. This study shows that capillary alterations in patients suffering from Hashimoto`sthyroiditis occur in the labial mucous microcirculation.
G.A. Scardina and P. Messina , 2007. Hashimoto`s Thyroiditis Labial Capillary Microscopy . Research Journal of Biological Sciences, 2: 134-138.