サ-モグラフィ-と末梢性顔面神経麻痺 (京都大学医学部耳鼻咽喉科学教室6年間の歩み(1977-1982年)--檜学教授還暦によせて)

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Using a medical infrared ray camera (thermography), we investigated the temperature of the facial skin of 15 healthy subjects and 154 patients with peripheral facial nerve palsy and the following results were obtained.1) In the healthy subjects, we could scarcely observe a difference in the skin temperature between both sides of their faces.2) In the patients with peripheral facial nerve palsy, we did not recognize a clear interrelation between the degree of palsy and the thermogram or between the days elapsed after the onset and the thermogram.3) In the patients of a good prognosis in the 2nd week after their onset we observed elevation of the skin temperature in their buccal and orbicularis oris regions.4) Further investigation on the criteria of the facial thermogram and the usefulness of the thermography to facial nerve palsy is necessary.