[Oradlist] Oradlist Digest, Vol 59, Issue 18

Mon Sep 15 12:08:21 PDT 2008

Hi All,
I have a friend who is interested in purchasing a Picasso Trio unit for his practice (in Spain). His practice is dedicated to implants. Since I do not have direct experience with this unit, I was wondering if some of you who have used it could let us know about your experience and things that you like or dislike about this machine. 
Thanks a lot for your time!
Erika 

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   1. Re:  Calcifications questions?! - Cone beam images.
      (Allan G Farman)
   2. Re:  Calcifications questions?! - Cone beam images.
      (Brown, Jackie)
   3.  (no subject) (silviodiego.bianchi at unito.it)

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Message: 1
Date: Sun, 14 Sep 2008 17:52:59 -0400
From: Allan G Farman <agfarm01 at louisville.edu>
Subject: Re: [Oradlist] Calcifications questions?! - Cone beam images.
To: "Oral Radiology Discussion Group" <oradlist at lists.ucla.edu>
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The calcifications fit better with the previous choices. The size of the
calcifications are greater than with cysticercosis. AGF

Allan G. Farman, BDS, PhD, MBA, DSc, Diplomate ABOMR

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>>> "Allan Abuabara" <allan.abuabara at gmail.com> 09/14/2008 06:06 AM
>>>
Thanks to all the replies. I will investigate the cause and try to post
on
the forum.
Best regards.

Allan.

On Sat, Sep 13, 2008 at 10:32 PM, Dania Tamimi
<daniatamimi at hotmail.com>wrote:

> This is a long shot, and I agree these look more like phleboliths,
but have
> you considered a parasitic infection?
>
> Parasites that are present as calcifications within the soft
tissues:
>
> ? Cysticerosis (tacnia solium)
> - Invasion of human tissue by the larval form of the pork tapeworm
> - Typically produces multiple linear or oval calcifications
> - usually have non-calcified central area, long axis is in plane of
> surrounding muscle bundle
> - intracranial involvement as well
> ? Guinea Worm (Dracunculus medinensis)
> - serpinginous calcifications coiled in soft tissue, can be several
feet
> long
> - more common in lower extremities due to life cycle
> - calcification frequently segmented because of muscle movement
> ? Loa Loa (Filiaria banerofta)
> - calcified dead worm appears coiled -> thread-like density
> - difficult to visualize -> best seen in web spaces of hands or feet
> ? Trichinosis (Trichinella spiralis)
> - calcification of encysted larvae (< 1 mm)
> - difficult to detect radiographically
> ? Hydatid disease (Echinococcus)
> - infrequent calcification in cysts
>
>
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Date: Fri, 12 Sep 2008 21:09:32 -0300
> From: allan.abuabara at gmail.com
> To: oradlist at lists.ucla.edu
> Subject: [Oradlist] Calcifications questions?! - Cone beam images.
>
>
>    Dear Colleagues
>
> I have questions regarding a patient, Caucasian, female, 44
years-old,
> submitted to cone beam tomography for analysis of the maxilla to
implant
> planning.
>
> I found an area of calcification in soft tissue. See attached
pictures 1-5.
>
> It is located above the ramus of mandible, internally to the
zygomatic
> arch, between the condyle and coronoid process. It could be a
> <http://goog_1221261706480/>phlebolite* (*"a small calcareous
concretion
> formed in a vein")?
>
> The same patient has calcifications in other places (picture 6) -
same
> side. I think that they represent: salivary calculi (sialolith) from
> submandibular gland and paraoral soft tissue calcifications
(tonsillolith
> - calcification of tonsilar lynphoid tissue)
>
> I want to know the opinion of you.
>
> Thank you for your reply.
> --
> Allan Abuabara
>
> DDS, Specialist in Oral & Maxillofacial Radiology.
> Joinville, SC - Brazil.
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Date: Mon, 15 Sep 2008 09:07:35 +0100
From: "Brown, Jackie" <jackie.brown at kcl.ac.uk>
Subject: Re: [Oradlist] Calcifications questions?! - Cone beam images.
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Dear Allan and Julian
Looking at the location of the 2 smaller & more inferior opacities, they appear too high for submandibular calculi and too medial for parotid calculi. The one adjacent to the medial aspect of mandible is too lateral for a tonsolith. Considering the 4 together, I would think phleboliths/thromboliths, and agree with David about the possibility of a haemangioma.

Jackie Brown
Consultant Dental Radiologist
KCL Dental Institute
London
UK

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Subject: Re: [Oradlist] Calcifications questions?! - Cone beam images.

All of these discrete densities could be siaololiths (parotid and
submandibular glands).  Are there symptoms referable to these glands?
Have you considered sialography?
Julian
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Date: Mon, 15 Sep 2008 12:00:29 +0200 (CEST)
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I also think that they are phleboliths/thromboliths.
Best regards
Silvio D Bianchi

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