This week I have a neat example of a sialolith on a pantomograph. This was an incidental finding at a new patient exam. Sialoliths tend to be single, but this case has multiple calcifications within the duct of the submandibular salivary gland. On the pantomograph there are multiple, irregular shaped […]
This week is showing a case of calcifications in the tonsillar crypts also known as tonsiliths. Tonsiliths are incidental findings on pantomographs. Tonsiliths clinically present as yellow-white stones in the tonsillar crypts. They range in size from millimeters to centimeters. A few studies have linked tonsiliths with halitosis (bad breath). […]
This week will show a common anatomical variant – an ossified stylohyoid ligament. This can occur unilaterally or bilaterally. This is an incidental finding. Many students tend to jump to Eagle’s syndrome as soon as they see an ossified stylohyoid ligament; however for Eagle’s syndrome to be considered the patient […]
