Table 2 Classification of styloid processes (SP)9
From: Chronic oropharyngeal pain and medical nomadism in an Eagle’s syndrome patient: a case report
Description | |
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Type I | Elongated type The radiographic appearance of SP is characterized by an uninterrupted opacity |
Type II | Pseudo-articulated type A superior mineralized segment is joined to an inferior mineralized segment by a single pseudo-articulation that is usually located above the inferior border of the mandible |
Type III | Segmented type The SP is formed by more than two continuous osseous portions with areas of interruption either above or below the inferior border of the mandible |