Computed tomography in morphometric analysis of styloid process of temporal bone

Abstract

The aim of our study was evaluation of the morphometric parameters of styloid processes of temporal bones in a group of patients (n=100) examined in the department of maxillofacial surgery to identify the anatomical causes of development of styloid-stylohyoid syndrome. The gained data was compared with the available results on a similar topic in other sources of literature. The initial data were obtained by multidetector computed tomography (CT) of maxillofacial region with multiplanar and volumetric reconstructions. As a result, statically significant correlations between sex, age, anatomical data were revealed, some differences with the published data of other literary sources were established. The obtained results allowed us to speculate that anatomical features of skull structures contribute to development of styloid-stylohyoid syndrome and CT data is useful in determining of treatment.