en رادیولوژی دهان، فک و صورت Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology پژوهشي Research <p> <strong>Objectives</strong> The purpose of this study was to evaluate cone beam CT (CBCT) scans for the presence of physiological and pathological intracranial calcifications. </p><p> <strong>Methods</strong> CBCT scans from male and female patients that met our ascertainment criteria were evaluated retrospectively (n = 500) for the presence of either physiological or pathological intracranial calcifications. </p><p> <strong>Results</strong> Out of the 500 patients evaluated, 176 had evidence of intracranial physiological calcification (35.2% prevalence), and none had evidence of pathological calcification. There was a 3:2 male-to-female ratio and no ethnic predilection the ages of affected patients ranged from 13 years to 82 years with a mean age of 52 years. The majority of calcifications appeared in the pineal/habenular region (80%), with some also appearing in the choroid plexus region bilaterally (12%), and a smaller subset appearing in the petroclinoid ligament region bilaterally (8%). </p><p> <strong>Conclusions</strong> Intracranial physiological calcifications can be a common finding on CBCT scans, whereas pathological intracranial calcifications are rare. </p><hr><p></p><p> <strong>Source: </strong>Dentomaxillofacial Radiology Journal</p><p><a href="Source: Dentomaxillofacial Radiology Journal" target="_blank"><font color="#0033ff"> Full Text</font></a></p> cone beam computed tomography, intracranial calcifications 0 0 http://idai.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-32-750&slc_lang=en&sid=1 P P Sedghizadeh sedghiza@usc.edu 10031947532846003173 10031947532846003173 Yes M Nguyen 10031947532846003174 10031947532846003174 No R Enciso 10031947532846003175 10031947532846003175 No