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Fini, G., Gasparini, G., Filippini, F., Becelli, R. and Marcotullio, D. (2000) The Long Styloid Process Syndrome or Eagle’s Syndrome. Journal of Cranio-Maxillofacial Surgery, 28, 123-127.
https://doi.org/10.1054/jcms.2000.0128

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• TITLE: Eagle’s Syndrome: A Case Report of a Bilateral Elongated Styloid Process

  AUTHORS: Mahammad Davudov, Surayya Isgandarova, Parvin Hasanova

  KEYWORDS: Eagle’s Syndrome, Throat Pain, Elongated Styloid Process, Extraoral Approach

  JOURNAL NAME: International Journal of Otolaryngology and Head & Neck Surgery, Vol.12 No.6, November 7, 2023

  ABSTRACT: Eagle’s syndrome is symptomatic of the styloid process (SP) elongation or calcification of the stylohyoid and stylomandibular ligaments. As a result of Eagle’s various studies, 4 out of every 100 patients showed that the styloid process was long. However only 4% of these cases are symptomatic [1]. Surgical traumas such as tonsillectomy or stylomandibular chronic irritation of the ligament, proc. of styloideusosteitis, ossifying periosteitis, tendinitis or mucositis why could it be [2]. The main symptoms are facial pain, dysphagia, sore throat, earache and headache. It may be unilateral or bilateral. The styloid process can be shortened through an intraoral or external approach. The case of Eagle syndrome in a 39-year-old female patient who was diagnosed to have bilateral elongated.