Calcified remnants of the notochord in the roof of the nasopharynx.

1 November 1980

journal article
research article
Published by Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) in Radiology

Vol. 137 (2) , 373-377
https://doi.org/10.1148/radiology.137.2.7433671

Abstract

Seven cases of calcification in the root of the nasopharynx are reported. These calcifications, situated in the midline opposite the pharyngeal bursa, were associated in 4 patients with a neural or osseous defect of the craniocervical junction. The frequency of this asymptomatic calcification is estimated to be about 0.1%,. This finding is thought to be a calcified remnant of the notochord.