Prevalence of palatine tonsilloliths: a retrospective study on 150 consecutive CT examinations
Prevalence of palatine tonsilloliths: a retrospective study on 150 consecutive CT examinations
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DOI：
10.1259/dmfr.20120429
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发表时间：
2013-07-01
影响因子：
3.3
通讯作者：
Torres, J-H
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作者：
Fauroux, M-A;Mas, C.;Torres, J-H
目的：方法：对150例腭扁桃体结石患者（男75例，女75例）进行CT检查，结果：腭扁桃体结石37例（24.6%，可信区间17.7-31.6%），其中双侧扁桃体结石18例（48%）。未观察到性别或年龄的影响（分别为p = 0.37和p = 0.57）。26例（70%）有1处以上结石。最大的扁桃体结石为7 mm，发现的扁桃体结石均与开CT处方的原因无关。扁桃体结石的放射学密度在216和2959 HU之间。结论：腭扁桃体结石可能影响大约四分之一的人口。在日常临床实践中，这种患病率可能被低估，因为小结石不会导致任何功能障碍，并且在正射断层摄影上不可见。
Objectives: To evaluate the prevalence of palatine tonsilloliths.Methods: 150 consecutive CT examinations (75 males and 75 females) were read.Results: Tonsilloliths were found in 37 patients (24.6%; confidence interval 17.7-31.6%), of which 18 (48%) had a bilateral location. No influence of sex or age was observed (p = 0.37 and p = 0.57, respectively). 26 patients (70%) had more than 1 concretion. The largest tonsillolith was 7 mm None of the tonsilloliths found were involved in the reason for prescribing the CT. The radiographic density of the tonsilloliths was between 216 and 2959 HU.Conclusions: Palatine tonsilloliths could affect approximately one-quarter of the population. This prevalence is likely to be underestimated in daily clinical practice because small concretions do not result in any functional impairment and are not visible on orthopantomographs.