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Oral Surgery, Oral Medicine, Oral Pathology and Oral Radiology, cilt.136, sa.4, ss.508-517, 2023 (SCI-Expanded)
Objective: This study compared alterations in length and types of elongation and calcification of the styloid process (SP) between patients with end-stage renal failure (ESRF) who received renal transplantation, patients with ESRF undergoing dialysis, and a healthy control group. Study Design: The SPs of 58 patients who had undergone renal transplants, 58 patients who received dialysis treatment, and 58 healthy individuals were examined with panoramic radiographs. Length measurements were made from the apex to the base of the SP. Elongation types were classified into 5 groups: normal, non-segmented, pseudo-segmented, segmented, and non-continuous. Calcification types were classified into 4 groups: external, partial, nodular, and complete. Results: SP length was significantly greater in the renal transplantation and dialysis groups than in the control group (P < .001) and significantly longer in the renal transplantation group than in the dialysis group (P < .001). There was a significant difference between the groups regarding elongation types (P < .001), with the non-segmented type more frequent in the dialysis and renal transplant groups than in the control group. There was no significant difference in calcification types between groups (P = .225). Elongation and calcification types differed between sexes (P ≤ .008) Conclusions: Orofacial pain complaints in patients with ESRF should raise the suspicion of abnormal elongation and calcification of the SP, perhaps a manifestation of Eagle syndrome. It would be useful to evaluate the SPs of these patients clinically and radiographically.