Thermography as a screening method in the diagnosis of deep venous thrombosis of the leg.
Thermography was performed before ascending phlebography in a series of 232 patients with suggested deep venous thrombosis. Thirty per cent of the patients were thermo-negative. The predictive value of a negative thermography was 88 per cent. Thermography is useful as a screening method, but it has low specificity and thus a relatively high incidence of false positives must be accepted.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007866:Leg / Q000098:blood supply*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010690:Phlebography; D013817:Thermography; D013924:Thrombophlebitis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014648:Varicose Veins / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging