Using thermography for an obstruction of the lower lacrimal system
| Autor: | Norma Allemann, Marco Antonio de Campos Machado, João Amaro Ferrari Silva, Marcos Leal Brioschi |
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| Rok vydání: | 2014 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
Lacrimal punctum Dacryocystitis lcsh:Ophthalmology Lacrimal Duct Obstruction medicine Humans Relatos de casos business.industry Reproducibility of Results General Medicine Middle Aged medicine.disease Surgery Dacriocistite/diagnóstico Ophthalmology medicine.anatomical_structure LACRIMAL DUCT OBSTRUCTION lcsh:RE1-994 Thermography Infrared thermal imaging Female Radiology business Termografia/métodos |
| Zdroj: | Arquivos Brasileiros de Oftalmologia, Vol 79, Iss 1, Pp 46-47 (2016) |
| ISSN: | 1678-2925 |
| Popis: | Obstructions in the lacrimal pathways quite often require accurate and reliable image scanning for confirmation and documentation. Infrared thermal imaging, known as thermography, is a resource that complements diagnosis; it does not require touching the patient or applying contrast materials and has been used in various medical procedures for decades. However, there have been few studies in the literature about its use in ophthalmology. In this paper, the authors have presented a case of dacryocystitis where the obstruction of the lacrimal punctum was so acute that conventional dacryocystography could not be used. The authors have successfully reported the use of thermography as a complementary propaedeutic and will discuss the method they used. |
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