İntrakraniyal fizyolojik kalsifikasyonların görülme oranlarının konik işınlı bilgisayarlı tomografi ile retrospektif olarak incelenmesi

Abstract

Amaç: Bu çalışmanın amacı, bir grup Kıbrıslı Türk popülasyonunda konik ışınlı bilgisayarlı tomografi (KIBT) görüntülerinde tespit edilen fizyolojik intrakranial kalsifikasyon insidansını değerlendirmektir.

Gereç ve Yöntemler: Tarama kriterlerimizi karşılayan 100 hastanın KIBT görüntüleri, fizyolojik intrakranial kalsifikasyonların değerlendirilmesi için retrospektif olarak incelenmiştir.

Bulgular: 100 hastanın 71’inde intrakraniyal kalsifikasyonlar gözlemlenmiştir. En sık kalsifikasyon sahası % 48 ile habenula ve onu takiben % 13 interklinoid ligament, % 14 karotikoklinoid ligament, % 8 ile de koroid pleksus bulunmuştur. Çalışmamızda petroclinoid ligament kalsifikasyonu hiç gözlemlenmemiştir.

Sonuç: KIBT bilimsel araştırmalarda ve anatomi çalışmalarında sıklıkla kullanılmaya başlanmıştır. KIBT ile rastlantısal fizyolojik intrakranial kalsifikasyonların görüntülenmesi yaygındır.

ANAHTAR KELİMELER

KIBT, intrakraniyal kalsifikasyonlar, petroklinoid ligament, habenula

Keywords

• KIBT,intrakraniyal kalsifikasyonlar,petroklinoid ligament,habenula

Retrospective analysis of the incidence of intracranial physiological calcifications with cone beam computed tomography

Abstract

Background: The purpose of the present study was to evaluate the incidence of physiologic intracranial calcifications detected in cone beam computed tomography (CBCT) images of in a group Turkish Cypriot population.

Methods: The CBCT scans of the full head of 100 patients that met our ascertainment criteria were evaluated retrospectively for the presence of physiological intracranial calcifications.

Results: Intracranial calcification was found in 71 cases of 100 patients. The most common site of calcification was habenular with 48% followed by %14 caroticoclinoid ligament, 13% interclinoid ligament and 8% choroid plexus. In our study, petroclinoid ligament calcification was not observed at all.

Conclusion: CBCT is widely used in many scientific investigations and anatomical studies. Intracranial physiological calcification are frequent incidental findings of CBCT scans.

KEYWORDS

CBCT, intracranial calcifications, petroclinoid ligament, habenula

Keywords

• CBCT,intracranial calcifications,petroclinoid ligament,habenula

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