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Prevalence of elongation and calcification patterns of elongated styloid process in south India

Objective: Very few studies have been reported in the literature classifying the elongation and calcification patterns of styloid process. The present study was done to investigate the prevalence of elongation and calcification patterns of styloid process in patients attending a dental institution i...

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Autores principales: Sudhakara Reddy, R, Sai Kiran, Ch, Sai Madhavi, N., Raghavendra, M N., Satish, A.
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Publicado: Medicina Oral S.L. 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3892225/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24455048
http://dx.doi.org/10.4317/jced.50981
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author Sudhakara Reddy, R
Sai Kiran, Ch
Sai Madhavi, N.
Raghavendra, M N.
Satish, A.
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Sai Kiran, Ch
Sai Madhavi, N.
Raghavendra, M N.
Satish, A.
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description Objective: Very few studies have been reported in the literature classifying the elongation and calcification patterns of styloid process. The present study was done to investigate the prevalence of elongation and calcification patterns of styloid process in patients attending a dental institution in south India. Study design: 600 digital panoramic radiographs of patients with dental problems were obtained from the outpatient department of the Dental institution. The apparent length of the styloid process was measured by a single experienced oral radiologist, with the help of the measuring tools on the accompanying software. The type of elongation and calcification patterns of each elongated styloid process was classified as per Langlai’s classification with few modifications. Finally the data was subjected to statistical analysis. Results: Out of 520 measurable styloid processes (260 panoramic radiographs), 154 styloid processes had length greater than 3cm. The mean average length of elongated styloid process was 3.67±0.62 cm. No significant association was obtained between age and length of styloid process. In present study, the type of elongation pattern has no effect on the calcification pattern. Our results suggested that Type I elongated styloid processes were most likely to be completely calcified (type D), but statistically not significant. Conclusion: Type I pattern of elongation was found to be more prevalent in elder age group and was completely calcified in most of the cases. Interestingly, only three patients (out of 260) showed symptomatic elongation of styloid process. A relatively high prevalence of type IV elongation pattern (9 /154) was obtained in the present study, when compared to type III styloid process. Further large scale imaging studies are required to evaluate the presence of type IV elongation pattern in various population groups. Key words:Eagle’s syndrome, Elongated styloid process, Stylopharyngeous muscle, Tonsillectomy.
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spelling pubmed-38922252014-01-22 Prevalence of elongation and calcification patterns of elongated styloid process in south India Sudhakara Reddy, R Sai Kiran, Ch Sai Madhavi, N. Raghavendra, M N. Satish, A. J Clin Exp Dent Research Objective: Very few studies have been reported in the literature classifying the elongation and calcification patterns of styloid process. The present study was done to investigate the prevalence of elongation and calcification patterns of styloid process in patients attending a dental institution in south India. Study design: 600 digital panoramic radiographs of patients with dental problems were obtained from the outpatient department of the Dental institution. The apparent length of the styloid process was measured by a single experienced oral radiologist, with the help of the measuring tools on the accompanying software. The type of elongation and calcification patterns of each elongated styloid process was classified as per Langlai’s classification with few modifications. Finally the data was subjected to statistical analysis. Results: Out of 520 measurable styloid processes (260 panoramic radiographs), 154 styloid processes had length greater than 3cm. The mean average length of elongated styloid process was 3.67±0.62 cm. No significant association was obtained between age and length of styloid process. In present study, the type of elongation pattern has no effect on the calcification pattern. Our results suggested that Type I elongated styloid processes were most likely to be completely calcified (type D), but statistically not significant. Conclusion: Type I pattern of elongation was found to be more prevalent in elder age group and was completely calcified in most of the cases. Interestingly, only three patients (out of 260) showed symptomatic elongation of styloid process. A relatively high prevalence of type IV elongation pattern (9 /154) was obtained in the present study, when compared to type III styloid process. Further large scale imaging studies are required to evaluate the presence of type IV elongation pattern in various population groups. Key words:Eagle’s syndrome, Elongated styloid process, Stylopharyngeous muscle, Tonsillectomy. Medicina Oral S.L. 2013-02-01 /pmc/articles/PMC3892225/ /pubmed/24455048 http://dx.doi.org/10.4317/jced.50981 Text en Copyright: © 2013 Medicina Oral S.L. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Sai Madhavi, N.
Raghavendra, M N.
Satish, A.
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title Prevalence of elongation and calcification patterns of elongated styloid process in south India
title_full Prevalence of elongation and calcification patterns of elongated styloid process in south India
title_fullStr Prevalence of elongation and calcification patterns of elongated styloid process in south India
title_full_unstemmed Prevalence of elongation and calcification patterns of elongated styloid process in south India
title_short Prevalence of elongation and calcification patterns of elongated styloid process in south India
title_sort prevalence of elongation and calcification patterns of elongated styloid process in south india
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3892225/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24455048
http://dx.doi.org/10.4317/jced.50981
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