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PubMed1978

[Thermographic thorax diagnostics].

Among several variants of devices the infra-red thermography has obtained a wide technical perfection allowing to measure the thermal energy emitted from the body surface without contact, quickly and dynamically, and to produce a picture for analysis. Since numerous functional and pathophysiological proceedings are connected with changes of temperature, the use of thermography for diagnosis of processes near the body surface may be recommended. Based on thermic observations in 63 patients and a control experiment in 15 persons, experiences with the thermography in the diagnosis of diseases, which are localized more profoundly in the thoracic cavity, were reported.

Adult↗

PubMed1976

[Experiences with the mediastinoscopy for the diagnostics of silicosis (author's transl)].

122 patients, suspicious for silicoses, with a history of silicogen dust exposure, radiological changes and restricted lung function values were examined by mediastinal biopsy for securing the diagnosis. In 82 patients (67,2%) a silicosis could be confirmed by histological examinations of the mediastinal lymph nodes. A close association between silicosis in the lungs and in the lymph nodes is empirically suggested. If the histological findings were in compliance with suspicious radiological changes and patients history, silicosis was acknowledged as an occupational disease. In patients with beginning silicotic changes in the peripheral two upper lung fields associated with an hilar hyperplasia, a higher proportion of positive results could be found. The most positive alterations were found in the lymph nodes of the right hilus. The mediastinoscopical findings in other parts proved not to be so yielding. Therefore, in cases with anatomical difficulties the surgical examination should not be extended to other parts.

Adolescent↗