EAGLE’s SYNDROME: a case presentation
Selahattin Genç1, Şefik Sinan Kürkçüoğlu2, Ümit Tuncel2, Mehmet Ali Babademez2, Baran Acar2, Hayriye Karabulut2
1Ulus Goverment Hospital, Department Of Otorhinolaryngology, Ankara
2Kecioren Educaiton And Research Hospital, Department Of Otorhinolaryngology,ankara
Keywords: Eagle’s syndorome, elongated styloid process, throat pain, three dimensional tomography
Abstract
Eagle’s syndrome occurs when an elongated styloid process or calcified stylohyoid ligament causes recurrent throat pain or foreign body sensation, dysphagia. Diagnosis can usually be made on physical examination by digital palpation of the styloid process in the tonsiller fossa. Three-dimensional computed tomography can utilized for supporting diagnosis. The treatment of Eagle’s syndrome is primarily surgical. The styloid process can be shortened through an intraoral oe external approach. We report a 46- year-old woman with the seymptomatology of Eafle’s syndrome and literature review.