Three-Dimensional Identification of Eagle’s Syndrome- A Case Report by Hassan Baallal in GJO in Juniper Publishers
The case in question is a 35-year-old man, with a For Peer Review
history of bilateral laterocervical pain episodes radiating to the
orbital region for over 3 years. He had no history of surgery or trauma.
A careful clinical examination radiographs and 3D computed tomography
scan revealed 47mm long bilateral styloid processes. In 1937 Eagle
documented cases in which elongation of the styloid process (over 25
mm), appeared to be the cause of pharyngeal and cervical pain. Several
pathophysiologic mechanisms leading to Eagle’s syndrome have been
proposed, but all revolve around mechanical compression of the styloid
processes on adjacent structures resulting in direct or referred pain.
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