Professional paper
https://doi.org/10.15644/asc50/4/10
Imaging Aspects of Palatal Torus in Cone Beam Computed Tomography and Magnetic Resonance: Case Report
Vivian Narana Ribeiro El Achkar
; Student at the Department of Bioscience and Oral Diagnosis, Oral Biopathology Graduate Program of the Science and Technology Institute, Universidade Estadual Paulista “Júlio de Mesquita Filho” (UNESP), São José dos Campos, Brazil
Sérgio Lucio Pereira de Castro Lopes
; Department of Diagnosis and Oral Surgery, Science and Technology Institute, Universidade Estadual Paulista “Júlio de Mesquita Filho” (UNESP), São José dos Campos, Brazi
Antonione Santos Bezerra Pinto
; Student of Department of Morphology, Universidade Federal do Ceará – UFC, Fortaleza, Brazil
Renata Falchete do Prado
; Department of Bioscience and Oral Diagnosis, Oral Biopathology Graduate Program of the Science and Technology Institute, Universidade Estadual Paulista “Júlio de Mesquita Filho” (UNESP), São José dos Campos, Brazil
Estela Kaminagakura
; Department of Bioscience and Oral Diagnosis, Oral Biopathology Graduate Program of the Science and Technology Institute, Universidade Estadual Paulista “Júlio de Mesquita Filho” (UNESP), São José dos Campos, Brazil
Abstract
The torus palatinus is a unilocular or multilocular exostosis that occurs in the midline of the hard palate. It is considered a common clinical finding. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is not commonly used in dentistry and descriptions of the torus by this imaging method are therefore rare in the literature. This case study reports on a female patient referred to the dentist to elucidate a bone enlargement detected by MRI, which was requested by the physician who accompanied the patient for migraine treatment. Additional routine dental imaging exams were performed for the planning of different treatments. Here is a description of the torus palatinus along with MRI in order to provide a complete representation of the clinical finding.
Keywords
Torus Palatinus; Exostoses; Hard Palate; Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Cone-Beam Computed Tomography
Hrčak ID:
170948
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Publication date:
15.12.2016.
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