Benefit of Panoramic Radiography in the Detection of Carotid Calcifications: Clinical Case Reports and Review of the Literature

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(a) and (b) Axial narrow window CT sections without injection of contrast medium through the third cervical vertebra, revealing hyperdensities peripheral to the carotid artery, located posterolateral to the pharyngeal area, having different shapes: curvilinear “C” shape (a) and globular homogeneous (b). (c) and (d) Coronal CT sections in narrow window without injection of contrast medium through the third cervical vertebra, revealing hyperdensities located laterally to the third cervical vertebra with globular appearance. (e) and (f) Sagittal reconstructions through the cervical hyperdensities, revealing globular calcifications in front of the anterior tubercles of the cervical vertebrae.

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