Normelli H, Sevastik J, Wallberg H
Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 1986 Jun;11(5):405-8. doi: 10.1097/00007632-198606000-00001.
The vascularity of the breasts was examined by thermographic and diaphanographic methods in normal and scoliotic girls. The thermal emission from the skin registered with an AGA Thermovision 750 camera (Stockholm, Sweden) on black and white Polaroid film was evaluated visually by 10 independent observers. No significant differences between the thermal images of the left and the right breast were found in the control or scoliotic groups or in girls with a right convex thoracic curve, nor was there any significant difference between the groups in this respect. Image analysis of diaphanograms of the breasts using the GOP 300 system showed a significantly greater vascularity of the left breast than of the right, both in the scoliotic series as a whole and in the subgroup with a right convex thoracic curve, but not for the reference group. The vascularity of the left breast but not of the right one was significantly greater for the girls with a right convex thoracic curve than for the control group. The results of the diaphanographic study confirm earlier observations and together provide substantial evidence that unilateral stimulation of rib growth due to a greater vascularity of the left breast and the underlying costosternal junctions might be one initiating factor in the development of right convex thoracic idiopathic scoliosis in adolescent girls.
通过热成像和透照法对正常及脊柱侧弯女孩的乳房血管情况进行了检查。使用瑞典斯德哥尔摩AGA Thermovision 750相机在黑白宝丽来胶片上记录皮肤的热辐射，由10名独立观察者进行视觉评估。在对照组、脊柱侧弯组或右侧胸段脊柱凸侧弯曲的女孩中，未发现左右乳房热图像之间存在显著差异，在这方面各分组之间也无显著差异。使用GOP 300系统对乳房透照图进行图像分析显示，在整个脊柱侧弯系列以及右侧胸段脊柱凸侧弯曲的亚组中，左侧乳房的血管分布显著多于右侧，但参考组并非如此。右侧胸段脊柱凸侧弯曲的女孩中，左侧乳房而非右侧乳房的血管分布显著多于对照组。透照研究结果证实了早期观察结果，共同提供了充分证据，表明由于左侧乳房及其下方肋胸关节血管分布较多导致肋骨生长单侧受刺激，可能是青春期女孩右侧胸段特发性脊柱侧弯发展的一个起始因素。
