NUMERO: #20240783

Título: ASSESSMENT OF INFRARED TERMOGRAPHY AS A DIAGNOSTIC TOOL FOR NEOPLASTIC AND NON-NEOPLASTIC LESIONS IN THE TONGUE

Nome do Apresentador: Jefferson Lucas MENDES

Categoria do Trabalho: Painel de pesquisa científica (PPC)

Área Temática: Patologia Oral

Resumo: Objective: To assess the use of infrared thermography (IT) on the diagnosis of neoplastic (NL) and non-neoplastic lesions (NNL) in tongue. Design of study: Patients with hypothesis of NL and NNL in tongue were selected. Thermograms were acquired using FLIR T650sc® in frontal and lateral norms. Thermograms of control group were also acquired. After, biopsies were performed, if necessary. 174 thermograms were analyzed for mean temperature values and divided into two groups: test group (n=54) and control group (n=120). Mann-Whitney and ANOVA tests were used (p<0.05). Results: NNL were more frequently found, and geographic tongue the most prevalent. Among the NL, neurofibroma was the most common. There was no significant difference in the mean temperatures between test (ΔTfrontal=31.46; ΔTlateral=30.67) and control (ΔTfrontal=31.32; ΔTlateral=30.84) groups, neither between NL (ΔTfrontal=30.99; ΔTlateral=30.57) and NNL (ΔTfrontal=31.65; ΔTlateral=30.73). Significant difference was observed between genders in the test group (p=0.049), where men exhibited higher mean temperatures than women. NL and NNL in tongues dorsum (ΔTmean= 32.57) showed higher mean temperatures than lesions in apex and edge (p=0.036). Conclusions: IT cannot yet be used to distinguish NL from NNL. However, IT performs better when assessing NL and NNL in men and in tongues dorsum.

Funding: FAPESQ/PB

Autor 1:  Jefferson Lucas MENDES

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Autor 2:   Raelly Katharinne Lima de Menêses

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Autor 3 :  Daniela Pita de Melo

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Autor 4:  John Lennon Silva Cunha

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Autor 5:  Cassiano Francisco Weege Nonaka

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Autor 6:  Manuel Antônio Gordón-Nuñéz

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Autor 7:  Pollianna Muniz Alves

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