Broad hairpins with pronounced lateral bends
Broad capillaries with rounded apices and marked lateral bends in their limbs, beside straighter hairpin loops.
Image details
- Pattern
- Tortuous capillaries
- Author or contributor
- Borja Gracia Tello
- Hallmarks
- Tortuous capillariesCapillary dilation
- Magnification
- 250×
- Device
- Smart G-Scope
- Field of view (W × H)
- ≈ 2.35 × 1.32 mm
Teaching point
Describe whether abnormalities are isolated, repeated, or combined.
Measurements and calibration
For the subset of apices with stable automated measurements, estimated widths span approximately 18–39 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
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