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Abstract
In this Veterans Administration-based study, 1,771 oral panoramic radiographs were
reviewed to detect abnormalities in the styloid process, stylohyoid-stylomandibular
ligament complex. Three hundred twenty-three (18.2 percent) of the radiographs revealed
mineralization in these areas which varied from an apparent elongation of the styloid
process to extensive involvement of the entire ligament complex with segmentation,
nodularity, and the development of jointlike structures. Mineralization was unilateral
in 12.4 percent of patients and was observed more commonly in patients 50 to 59 years
of age. No relationship could be established between the extent of mineralization
and increasing patient age. This study suggests that mineralization of the stylohyoid
complex is not uncommon and probably only rarely causes symptoms.
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