Breast translumination exam

The technique is not new and has been used both to testicular exam and breast exams. It basically consists on translumination of both structures inside a dark room.

I find this exam very interesting and I'm sure that most Playdoctors and patients may feel interest on this kind of exam as a complement.

There are 2 links concerning a "flashlight product specially designed for breast exam( this concrete product is being promoted as a self exam product... but I do believe that much better results may be achieved if performed or used by a doctor,/playdoctor "

The testicular exam will be eventually easier.

Maybe both exams may be performed with a not so specifically device... just a common good flashlight

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EIquPMt6AmA

http://www.breastlight.com/

I ve done such an exam on a patient, I ll see if I can find some pics and post these inthe gallery. cheers Utah

An interesting medical article about breast translumination exam:

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1398745/

the major issue is to have a good light source that does not get hot so it could injury ou burn the breast skin...

More general information and definition of this diagnosis method:

http://drugster.info/ail/pathography/2911/

the major issue is to have a good light source that does not get hot so it could injury ou burn the breast skin...

I have used breast translumination for many years. I first discovered it by common sense and experimentation years before I found a paper which described the technique. The best light source I have found is an endoscope power supply with a standard fiberoptic light conductor cable which typically provides 150 to 300 watts of light focused at a pinpoint. (The "standard" type of cable used with most rigid endoscopes has a universal fit to most popular instrument makers' cystoscopes, hysteroscopes, and laparoscopes.) The light head always remains cool and is easily positioned from any angle due to its compact size.

I would not rely on it as a replacement for mammography but it certainly works great in a play exam as a second breast exam, performed in the dark. 😉

I may add that this gear is also suitable for a photographic technique known as "light painting" where a subject is photographed under total darkness in a time-exposure with the light being "painted" onto the subject to create some very artistic and unusual effects.

Thank you DrJ58 for another of your excellent replies and considerations in this case I would even say "full of enlightenment".

I really find the translumination breast exam to have a highly erotic potential.

. Again about this issue and only in terms of play ( though real translumination of the breasts are still performed combining light probe with technology like cameras and computers...)

The examination is possible only using the light probe.

It must be performed in a dark room with the patient seated ( and/ or in some cases standing ) and leaning forward, so that the breasts can fall free from the chest wall. The light probe will be held at the inferior part of the breast and then being moved to several areas. The breast may have to be compressed against the light probe so that the thickness of the tissue will be more uniform and easy to be evaluated. Nipples and lateral views should be done; the exploration will be as thorough as the practitioner will find necessary.