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. 2003 Nov;96(5):647-50.
doi: 10.1016/j.tripleo.2003.07.001.

Evaluation of calcified carotid artery atheromas detected by panoramic radiograph among 80-year-olds

Takeshi Ohba  1 , Yutaka Takata, Toshihiro Ansai, Yasuhiro Morimoto, Tatsurou Tanaka, Shinji Kito, Shuji Awano, Sumio Akifusa, Tadamichi Takehara
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Evaluation of calcified carotid artery atheromas detected by panoramic radiograph among 80-year-olds

Takeshi Ohba et al. Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol Oral Radiol Endod. 2003 Nov.

Abstract

Objective: To evaluate the incidence among 80-year-olds of calcified carotid artery atheromas (CCAAs) as detected on panoramic radiographs. The relationship between CCAAs and general and oral health was also evaluated.

Study design: Six hundred and fifty-nine panoramic radiographs (262 males, 397 females), obtained from 80-year-old residents of Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan, were used for evaluation of CCAAs.

Results: Of 659 panoramic radiographs, 33 (5%) were noted to have CCAAs. These appeared as a radiopaque nodular mass or masses adjacent to or just below the intervertebral space between C3 and C4. CCAAs were found in 8 males and 25 females. There were marginally significant differences between males and females in CCAAs (P = 0.06). Seventy-four percent of CCAAs were detected in the right side. There appeared to be very little relationship between CCAAs and general and oral health.

Conclusions: The results of this study gives further support to the idea of using panoramic radiographs to detect CCAAs. Therefore, we feel that panoramic radiographs should be evaluated not only for pathosis of the teeth and jaws, but also for other incidental findings, especially in the soft-tissue region of the neck. The findings from this study provide potentially life-saving information especially for those elderly people who are at risk for stroke.

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