Prosthetic implications of Eagle's syndrome.
Eagle's syndrome can produce symptoms that may be easily confused with those resulting from wearing a prosthetic restoration. The symptoms resulting from elongated styloid processes and methods of diagnosis and treatment of these processes were described. A patient with Eagle's syndrome has been presented. The symptoms were initially suspected to be due to an ill-fitting mandibular removable partial denture. Further clinical and radiographic examination led to the diagnosis of Eagle's syndrome, and surgical correction was done. The prosthodontist should consider surgery as a possible treatment when the symptoms of the syndrome cannot be attributed to a prosthetic restoration. Various radiographic projections and panoramic radiography are valuable in confirming the presence of a calcified stylohyoid ligament or an elongated styloid process.
D002340:Carotid Artery Diseases / Q000209:etiology; D003832:Denture, Partial, Removable / Q000009:adverse effects; D003778:Dentures / Q000009:adverse effects*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D010146:Pain / Q000209:etiology; D010608:Pharyngeal Diseases / Q000209:etiology; D011859:Radiography; D013577:Syndrome; D013701:Temporal Bone / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery