Unilateral exophthalmos investigated by infrared thermography.
A group of 40 cases of unilateral exophthalmos have been investigated using infrared thermography. Two groups of cases can be distinguished according to the intensity of thermal anomalies: (a) no hyperthermy, allowing exclusion of an acute inflammation and rather suggesting an endocrinal process that nevertheless includes the possibility of a deep and/or weakly thermogenous tumor and (b) marked orbital hyperthermy, excluding any endocrinal origin and generally reflecting a malignant tumor.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D003884:Dermoid Cyst / Q000150:complications; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004700:Endocrine System Diseases / Q000150:complications; D005094:Exophthalmos / Q000209:etiology*; D005128:Eye Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007259:Infrared Rays; D008202:Lymphangioma / Q000150:complications; D008297:Male; D008579:Meningioma / Q000150:complications; D008875:Middle Aged; D009362:Neoplasm Metastasis; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local; D009915:Orbit; D009918:Orbital Neoplasms / Q000150:complications; D013817:Thermography