title: [Tonsilloliths on a panoramic radiograph].
abstract: Tonsilloliths are calcifications within the tonsillar crypts. Affected are especially the palatine tonsils. The prevalence is ranging between 16 and 46.1%. Tonsilloliths can be the reason for chronic halitosis, irritating cough, dysphagia, otalgia, foreign body sensation or foul taste in the mouth. They are often asymptomatic. Tonsilloliths can be discovered incidentally in orthopantomography (OPT) as singular or multiple radioopacities in the area of the ramus mandibulae. The aim of this case report is to present two cases with asymptomatic tonsilloliths detected based on an OPT and confirmed in a computed tomography (CT) or by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI).
authors.affiliation: Klinik für Mund-, Kiefer-, Gesichtschirurgie und Oralchirurgie, Luzerner Kantonsspital, Luzern, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Manuel
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Crameri
authors.forename: Renzo
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Bassetti
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Werder
authors.forename: Johannes
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kuttenberger
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002137:Calculi / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D021621:Imaging, Three-Dimensional; D008297:Male; D014066:Palatine Tonsil / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D011862:Radiography, Panoramic; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
keywords: Tonsillenstein; Tonsillolith; Kalzifikation in der Tonsillarkrypte; Orthopantomogramm