[Thermovision in the diagnosis of epidural spinal abscesses].

The authors had 7 patients from 45 to 68 years of age with a clinical picture of acute purulent epiduritis of various localization. Thermography by means of the Soviet "Rubin" thermovision set was conducted in 3 of these patients and provided valuable information for the diagnosis of purulent spinal epiduritis in which a large focus of luminescence appeared on the patient's back.