@article{article_336158, title={Konik ışınlı bilgisayarlı tomografi görüntülerinde pnömatize artiküler tüberkül prevalansı ve karakteristik özelliklerinin değerlendirilmesi}, journal={Turkish Journal of Clinics and Laboratory}, volume={9}, pages={205–209}, year={2018}, DOI={10.18663/tjcl.336158}, author={Adisen, Mehmet Zahit and Misirlioglu, Melda}, keywords={Pneumatized articular tubercle,zygomatic air cell defect,temporal bone,cone-beam computed tomography}, abstract={<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%;"> <b> <span lang="en-us" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:150%;font-family:’Times New Roman’, serif;" xml:lang="en-us">Aim: </span> </b> <span lang="en-us" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:150%;font-family:’Times New Roman’, serif;" xml:lang="en-us"> The aim of the present study is to determine the
prevalence of the PneumatizedArticular Tubercle (PAT) and to evaluate the
characteristics of PAT in Cone-Beam Computed Tomography (CBCT) images. </span> </p> <p> </p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%;"> <b> <span lang="en-us" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:150%;font-family:’Times New Roman’, serif;" xml:lang="en-us">Material
and Methods: </span> </b> <span lang="en-us" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:150%;font-family:’Times New Roman’, serif;" xml:lang="en-us">A retrospective
study was performed using tomographic images of 276 patients (133 male, 143
female) aged between 12-85, whohad attended to Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology
Department for different CBCT indications. Age, gender and presence of PAT were
recorded for all patients and, for cases of PAT, laterality and radiographic
types were also recorded. Obtained variables were entered SPSS 20 software and
the prevalence of PAT was evaluated with chi-square test according to genders
and age groups. </span> </p> <p> </p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%;"> <b> <span lang="en-us" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:150%;font-family:’Times New Roman’, serif;" xml:lang="en-us">Results: </span> </b> <span lang="en-us" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:150%;font-family:’Times New Roman’, serif;" xml:lang="en-us">The mean age of
the subjects was 37.75 ± 17.1. Of the 276 patients, 39 (14.1 %) had PAT, of
whom 22 were female (15.4 %) and 17 were male (12.8 %). This difference was not
statistically significant (p=0.535). PAT was most common (25.6 %) in patients
aged between 20-29 years and least common (6.4 %) in patients aged between 50-59
years. The difference was statistically significant between age groups
(p=0.008). Of the 39 cases, 22 (56.4 %)had unilateral, and 17 (43.6 %)had
bilateral PAT. 35 (62.5%)PATsweremultilocular and 24(37.5%) were unilocular. <b> </b> </span> </p> <p> <b> </b> </p> <b> </b> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%;"> </p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%;"> <b> <span lang="en-us" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:150%;font-family:’Times New Roman’, serif;" xml:lang="en-us">Conclusion: </span> </b> <span lang="en-us" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:150%;font-family:’Times New Roman’, serif;" xml:lang="en-us">PAT was found to
be a common anomaly on CBCT images.Presence andcharacteristicsof PAT should be
evaluated with CBCT to avoid possible complications especially in patients who
will get a surgical intervention to the articular eminence region. <b> </b> </span> </p> <p> <b> </b> </p> <b> </b> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> <b> </b> </p> <b> </b>}, number={3}, publisher={DNT Ortadoğu Yayıncılık A.Ş.}