RFO, Passo Fundo, v. 17, n. 1, p. 41-45, jan./abr. 2012 Objective: The aim of this present study was to determine the prevalence of developing lesions such as: antral pseudocyst, Stafne bone cavity and elongated stylohyoid complex in patients from the Dentistry Faculty of the Federal University of Pelotas – RS – Brazil. Methodology: A total of 667 panoramic radiographies were observed. Dome-sha...

OBJECTIVE To seek an association between articular chondrocalcinosis (AC) and calcification of the transverse ligament of the atlas (TLA), and to evaluate the frequency and the main computed tomography appearances of such calcification. METHODS Axial computed tomography slices of the cervico-occipital hinge were performed routinely in 21 patients with AC (three men, 18 women; mean age 79 year...

Abstract Background and aim Intracranial calcifications (ICs) occur when metals such as calcium or iron accumulate in blood vessels, glands other structures related to the brain. They can be physiological pathological. Currently, most sensitive method for imaging IC is cranial computed tomography (CT). The of this retrospective study was evaluate ICs co-existence them by CT. Patients methods 1,...

OBJECTIVE Stylohyoid apparatus might be an anatomic region in the cervical spine involved by enthesopathy. The aim of this study was to assess the elongation and/or ossification at the stylohyoid apparatus in the degenerative or inflammatory diseases such as ankylosing spondylitis (AS), psoriatic arthropathy (PsA) and cervical spondyloarthrosis (CS) in which cervical spine involvement can be se...

Structural anomalies of the styloid chain were described more than 300 years ago by anatomists. In 1937, the American otolaryngologist Watt W. Eagle wrote a series of reports on this subject and its clinical significance. Because of his interest, the symptoms related to the anomalies of the stylohyoid chain became known as Eagle’s syndrome. Eagle himself acknowledged 3 other surgeons who identi...