Evaluation of morphological changes in pharynx with dynamic CT and MRI in snoring patients

Background: Identifying the craniofacial abnormalities that cause snoring and the narrowest area of the upper airway creating obstructions can help to determine the proper method of treatment. Aim: To identify the factors that can cause snoring and the areas of the airway that are the most likely to...

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Autores principales: Aktaş,Fatma, Aktaş,Turan, Özmen,Zafer, Akan,Hüseyin, Aksöz,Tolga, Altunkaş,Aysegül
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spelling oai:scielo:S0034-988720160009000052016-12-23Evaluation of morphological changes in pharynx with dynamic CT and MRI in snoring patientsAktaş,FatmaAktaş,TuranÖzmen,ZaferAkan,HüseyinAksöz,TolgaAltunkaş,Aysegül Magnetic Resonance Imaging Oropharynx Snoring Tomography X-Ray Computed Background: Identifying the craniofacial abnormalities that cause snoring and the narrowest area of the upper airway creating obstructions can help to determine the proper method of treatment. Aim: To identify the factors that can cause snoring and the areas of the airway that are the most likely to collapse with upper airway imaging. Material and Methods: Axial pharynx examinations with CT (computerized tomography) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) were performed to 38 patients complaining of snoring and 12 patients who did not complain of snoring. The narrowest areas of nasopharynx, hypophraynx, oropharynx, bilateral para-pharyngeal fat pad and para-pharyngeal muscle thickness were measured. Results: In snoring patients, the narrowest part of the upper airway was the retro-palatal region in the oropharynx, as measured with both imaging methods. When patients with and without snoring were compared, the former that a higher body mass index and neck diameter and a narrower oropharynx area. In dynamic examinations, we determined that as para-pharyngeal muscle thickness increased, medial-lateral airway diameter and the oropharynx area decreased. Conclusions: The narrowest section of the airway is the retro-palatal region of the oropharynx, measured both with CT and MRI.info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessSociedad Médica de SantiagoRevista médica de Chile v.144 n.9 20162016-09-01text/htmlhttp://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-98872016000900005en10.4067/S0034-98872016000900005
institution Scielo Chile
collection Scielo Chile
language English
topic Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Oropharynx
Snoring
Tomography X-Ray Computed
spellingShingle Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Oropharynx
Snoring
Tomography X-Ray Computed
Aktaş,Fatma
Aktaş,Turan
Özmen,Zafer
Akan,Hüseyin
Aksöz,Tolga
Altunkaş,Aysegül
Evaluation of morphological changes in pharynx with dynamic CT and MRI in snoring patients
description Background: Identifying the craniofacial abnormalities that cause snoring and the narrowest area of the upper airway creating obstructions can help to determine the proper method of treatment. Aim: To identify the factors that can cause snoring and the areas of the airway that are the most likely to collapse with upper airway imaging. Material and Methods: Axial pharynx examinations with CT (computerized tomography) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) were performed to 38 patients complaining of snoring and 12 patients who did not complain of snoring. The narrowest areas of nasopharynx, hypophraynx, oropharynx, bilateral para-pharyngeal fat pad and para-pharyngeal muscle thickness were measured. Results: In snoring patients, the narrowest part of the upper airway was the retro-palatal region in the oropharynx, as measured with both imaging methods. When patients with and without snoring were compared, the former that a higher body mass index and neck diameter and a narrower oropharynx area. In dynamic examinations, we determined that as para-pharyngeal muscle thickness increased, medial-lateral airway diameter and the oropharynx area decreased. Conclusions: The narrowest section of the airway is the retro-palatal region of the oropharynx, measured both with CT and MRI.
author Aktaş,Fatma
Aktaş,Turan
Özmen,Zafer
Akan,Hüseyin
Aksöz,Tolga
Altunkaş,Aysegül
author_facet Aktaş,Fatma
Aktaş,Turan
Özmen,Zafer
Akan,Hüseyin
Aksöz,Tolga
Altunkaş,Aysegül
author_sort Aktaş,Fatma
title Evaluation of morphological changes in pharynx with dynamic CT and MRI in snoring patients
title_short Evaluation of morphological changes in pharynx with dynamic CT and MRI in snoring patients
title_full Evaluation of morphological changes in pharynx with dynamic CT and MRI in snoring patients
title_fullStr Evaluation of morphological changes in pharynx with dynamic CT and MRI in snoring patients
title_full_unstemmed Evaluation of morphological changes in pharynx with dynamic CT and MRI in snoring patients
title_sort evaluation of morphological changes in pharynx with dynamic ct and mri in snoring patients
publisher Sociedad Médica de Santiago
publishDate 2016
url http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-98872016000900005
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