[Infrared thermographic imaging of normal vulva and uterine cervix: a preliminary report].

OBJECTIVES

To evaluate in the standardized conditions the thermal emission by normal uterine cervix and vulva.

MATERIALS AND

METHODS

Infrared telethermography (ITT) was used to examine vulva and uterine cervix in 32 women aged 24-54 years without colposcopic and cytologic abnormalities.

RESULTS

The measured temperatures differed between different topographic points of vulva and uterine vaginal portio. The inter-individual variability of temperatures determined at the same vulvar structures was relatively low.

CONCLUSION

The obtained results constitute a basis for further studies on thermovisual definition of therapeutic targets in cases of vulvar and cervical lesions.