title: Liquid crystal thermography of the breast.
abstract: In a retrospective study 19461 patients were examined. 2002 patients were clarified by biopsy and histological examination; 500 patients underwent aspiration cytology. The accuracy rate of thermography is 67.8% for malignant and 70.6% for benign lesions. False negative findings were given in 13.9% and false suspicious in 6.8%. False suspicious findings were mostly seen in inflammation, cysts and/or proliferation. The criteria of malignancy by "Tricoire" were examined. It can be shown, that their predictive value is very good. This especially if the "disturbance of thermoregulation" is examined carefully.
mesh_terms: D001940:Breast / Q000098:blood supply; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D002278:Carcinoma in Situ / Q000175:diagnosis; D002285:Carcinoma, Intraductal, Noninfiltrating / Q000175:diagnosis; D005188:False Negative Reactions; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013817:Thermography / Q000379:methods*