Scotland, Oct. 24 -- Heat Camera helped a tourist spot a thermal anomaly, later diagnosed as breast cancer, during a family visit to the attraction site in Edinburgh.

Bal Gill was at the Camera Obscura and World of Illusions at the top of the Royal Mile with her family in May when she discovered an unusual thermal patch on her chest.

Gill said she noticed a red heat patch in her left breast, adding, "We thought it was odd and having looked at everyone else they didn't have the same. I took a picture and we carried on."

The 41-year-old later went on to the internet to search a possible explanation for the anomaly and found that heat images are also used by oncologists to diagnose cancer.

She booked an appointment with her doctor, who p...