Horizontal loops with small repeated bends
Slender capillaries with repeated small twists and bends in their limbs.
Image details
- Pattern
- Tortuous capillaries
- Author or contributor
- Borja Gracia Tello
- Hallmarks
- Tortuous capillariesSimple hairpin loops
- Magnification
- 213.69×
- Device
- Dino-Lite Edge
- Field of view (W × H)
- ≈ 1.83 × 1.46 mm
Teaching point
Confirm that the first capillary row is visible and reasonably focused.
Measurements and calibration
For the subset of apices with stable automated measurements, estimated widths span approximately 17–23 µm. These are automated estimates, not manually validated measurements.
Clinical caveat
This image illustrates a visual finding and should be interpreted with acquisition quality, distribution across fingers, clinical context, and serology when relevant.
Use and licensing
Third-party image. Refer to the credits and any image-specific terms of use.
- Creator
- Borja Gracia Tello
Suggested attribution
Horizontal loops with small repeated bends — Borja Gracia Tello, via Capillaroscopy.com. CC BY 4.0. Source: https://capillaroscopy.com/en/library/gracia-tello-tortuous-020/ Licence: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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