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VOLUME 15 , ISSUE 4 ( July-August, 2014 ) > List of Articles

CASE REPORT

Complete Ossification of the Stylohyoid Chain as Cause of Eagle's Syndrome: A Very Rare Case Report

Antônio Sérgio Guimarães, Daniel Humberto Pozza, Idercy Cabral de Castro, Iván Claudio Suazo Galdames, Sandro Palla

Citation Information : Guimarães AS, Pozza DH, de Castro IC, Galdames IC, Palla S. Complete Ossification of the Stylohyoid Chain as Cause of Eagle's Syndrome: A Very Rare Case Report. J Contemp Dent Pract 2014; 15 (4):500-505.

DOI: 10.5005/jp-journals-10024-1569

Published Online: 01-01-2015

Copyright Statement:  Copyright © 2014; The Author(s).


Abstract

Aim

To report on a patient with Eagle's syndrome with a complete and very large ossification of the stylohyoid complex on the right side that to our best knowledge has never been published previously.

Background

Eagle's syndrome is characterized by a set of symptoms that are caused by the irritation of the neurovascular and soft-tissues caused by an elongated styloid process or ossification of stylohyoid ligament.

Case description

Because of the high discomfort and pain degree as well as limitations of mandibular and head mobility and also the thickness of the ossified stylohyoid chain, the patient was treated surgically by removing the hypertrophic segment.

Conclusion

These symptoms subsided completely after the surgical excision of the anomaly. The elongated styloid process on the left side was symptom free.

Clinical significance

Eagle's syndrome symptoms are not specific and can mimic those of other disorders, the syndrome must be included in the differential diagnosis of patients with pain in the orofacial, pharyngeal and cervical area.

How to cite this article

Guimarães AS, Pozza DH, de Castro IC, Galdames ICS, Palla S. Complete Ossification of the Stylohyoid Chain as Cause of Eagle's Syndrome: A Very Rare Case Report. J Contemp Dent Pract 2014;15(4):500-505.


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