Prevalence of Sclerotic Pterygoid Plate in Pretreatment Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma.

Objectives: The objective of our study was to determine the prevalence of sclerotic pterygoid plate in pretreatment CT of nasopharyngeal carcinoma compared with the control group.

Materials And Methods: A total of 51 nasopharyngeal carcinoma patients (37 men, 14 women) with a mean age of 51.94±13 years, and 51 controls (30 men, 21 women) with a mean age, 49.