Medical Infrared Thermography in Odontogenic Facial Cellulitis as a Clinical Decision Support Tool. A Technical Note

Background: Odontogenic cellulitis are frequent infections of the head and neck fascial spaces that can sometimes spread and be life-threatening, requiring urgent hospitalization. Early diagnosis of facial cellulitis with diffuse inflammatory process is crucial in patient management but not always o...

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Autores principales:	Stéphane Derruau, Fabien Bogard, Guillaume Exartier-Menard, Cédric Mauprivez, Guillaume Polidori
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Publicado:	MDPI AG 2021
Materias:	medical infrared thermography odontogenic cellulitis head and neck infection clinical decision support tool Medicine (General) R5-920
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:44fb23ecaf174f4192e5f3321321bdc22021-11-25T17:21:06ZMedical Infrared Thermography in Odontogenic Facial Cellulitis as a Clinical Decision Support Tool. A Technical Note10.3390/diagnostics111120452075-4418https://doaj.org/article/44fb23ecaf174f4192e5f3321321bdc22021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.mdpi.com/2075-4418/11/11/2045https://doaj.org/toc/2075-4418Background: Odontogenic cellulitis are frequent infections of the head and neck fascial spaces that can sometimes spread and be life-threatening, requiring urgent hospitalization. Early diagnosis of facial cellulitis with diffuse inflammatory process is crucial in patient management but not always obvious in the field. Medical infrared thermography (MIT) is a noninvasive tool increasingly used to evaluate skin temperature maps and delineate inflammatory lesions. Objective: The aim of this work was to evaluate the use of MIT to improve the clinical examination of patients with facial cellulitis. Methods: Image processing work was carried out to highlight the thermal gradient resulting from inflammation linked to infection, in 2 patients with facial cellulitis. Results: In real-time, MIT allowed to precisely locate the inflammatory focus linked to cellulitis with no propagation to danger areas such as infraorbital space or around pharyngeal axis. Conclusion: Here, we show the first cases using MIT as a powerful complementary tool in the clinical evaluation of patients with facial cellulitis. Significance: This technology could help optimize the hospitalization decision through a facilitated assessment of infection spread in head and neck tissues and helping to incision for drainage.Stéphane DerruauFabien BogardGuillaume Exartier-MenardCédric MauprivezGuillaume PolidoriMDPI AGarticlemedical infrared thermographyodontogenic cellulitishead and neck infectionclinical decision support toolMedicine (General)R5-920ENDiagnostics, Vol 11, Iss 2045, p 2045 (2021)
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topic	medical infrared thermography odontogenic cellulitis head and neck infection clinical decision support tool Medicine (General) R5-920
spellingShingle	medical infrared thermography odontogenic cellulitis head and neck infection clinical decision support tool Medicine (General) R5-920 Stéphane Derruau Fabien Bogard Guillaume Exartier-Menard Cédric Mauprivez Guillaume Polidori Medical Infrared Thermography in Odontogenic Facial Cellulitis as a Clinical Decision Support Tool. A Technical Note
description	Background: Odontogenic cellulitis are frequent infections of the head and neck fascial spaces that can sometimes spread and be life-threatening, requiring urgent hospitalization. Early diagnosis of facial cellulitis with diffuse inflammatory process is crucial in patient management but not always obvious in the field. Medical infrared thermography (MIT) is a noninvasive tool increasingly used to evaluate skin temperature maps and delineate inflammatory lesions. Objective: The aim of this work was to evaluate the use of MIT to improve the clinical examination of patients with facial cellulitis. Methods: Image processing work was carried out to highlight the thermal gradient resulting from inflammation linked to infection, in 2 patients with facial cellulitis. Results: In real-time, MIT allowed to precisely locate the inflammatory focus linked to cellulitis with no propagation to danger areas such as infraorbital space or around pharyngeal axis. Conclusion: Here, we show the first cases using MIT as a powerful complementary tool in the clinical evaluation of patients with facial cellulitis. Significance: This technology could help optimize the hospitalization decision through a facilitated assessment of infection spread in head and neck tissues and helping to incision for drainage.
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author	Stéphane Derruau Fabien Bogard Guillaume Exartier-Menard Cédric Mauprivez Guillaume Polidori
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title	Medical Infrared Thermography in Odontogenic Facial Cellulitis as a Clinical Decision Support Tool. A Technical Note
title_short	Medical Infrared Thermography in Odontogenic Facial Cellulitis as a Clinical Decision Support Tool. A Technical Note
title_full	Medical Infrared Thermography in Odontogenic Facial Cellulitis as a Clinical Decision Support Tool. A Technical Note
title_fullStr	Medical Infrared Thermography in Odontogenic Facial Cellulitis as a Clinical Decision Support Tool. A Technical Note
title_full_unstemmed	Medical Infrared Thermography in Odontogenic Facial Cellulitis as a Clinical Decision Support Tool. A Technical Note
title_sort	medical infrared thermography in odontogenic facial cellulitis as a clinical decision support tool. a technical note
publisher	MDPI AG
publishDate	2021
url	https://doaj.org/article/44fb23ecaf174f4192e5f3321321bdc2
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Medical Infrared Thermography in Odontogenic Facial Cellulitis as a Clinical Decision Support Tool. A Technical Note

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