Table 4.
The relationship between the pterygoid pneumatization and the surrounding structures variations.
| The surrounding structures variations | Pterygoid process pneumatization |
p-Value | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Not existing N° (%) | Existing N° (%) | ||
| SS related with ICA | |||
| Not existing | 234 (77.0%) | 124 (63.3%) | <0.001 |
| Existing | 70 (23.0%) | 72 (36.7%) | |
| SS related with OC | |||
| Not existing | 257 (84.5%) | 171 (87.2%) | 0.40 |
| Existing | 47 (15.5%) | 25 (12.8%) | |
| SS between VC and vomerine crest | |||
| Not existing | 271 (89.1%) | 163 (83.2%) | 0.05 |
| Existing | 33 (10.9%) | 33 (16.8%) | |
| VC relation with MPP | |||
| Medial | 333 (78.0%) | 477 (88.3%) | 0.06 |
| Lateral | 67 (22.0%) | 23 (11.7%) | |
SS, sphenoid septum; ICA, internal carotid artery; OC, optic canal; VC, vidian canal; MPP, medial pterygoid plate.