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

To evaluate in the standardized conditions the thermal emission by normal uterine cervix and vulva.Infrared telethermography (ITT) was used to examine vulva and uterine cervix in 32 women aged 24-54 years without colposcopic and cytologic abnormalities.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.The obtained results constitute a basis for further studies on thermovisual definition of therapeutic targets in cases of vulvar and cervical lesions.