Infrared thermovision in tumors of the orofacial region.

The authors present briefly the physical principles of infrared thermovision and an overview of its utilization in stromatology. Among the 21 patients, suffering for the most part from a tumorous affection of the orofacial region, they describe in more detail the case of a carcinoma of the lower lip. A correlation of their clinical, histological and X-ray findings with those of infrared thermovision revealed agreement in every case insofar as the localization of the pathological process was concerned. They stress that infrared thermovision is not meant to replace histo-pathological investigation whose significance in the diagnosis of malignant tumors continues to be decisive.