[Role of thermography in diagnosing thyroid diseases]

To reveal the thyroid diseases, 115 patients having different abnormalities of this organ were examined with the use of thermography. The data obtained were compared with those of the control group of 20 practically healthy subjects as well as with the clinical picture and the radioisotopic, histologic and cytologic findings. Thermography made it possible to identify the disorders in 97.3% of the cases. Nodular goiter was characterized by hypothermia, whereas the diffuse toxic forms by hyperthermia in the thyroid projection. Struma maligna was characterized by the presence of a focus of hyperthermia. In disseminated processes, diffuse hyperthermia was detectable in the region of neoplastic metastases as well.