A holistic approach to stylalgia.
A follow-up study was performed on 20 patients surgically treated because of stylalgia (Eagle's Syndrome). The aim of the study was to investigate why somatic treatment was often ineffective; furthermore, if there was a psychosomatic background to the complaints. The results of a psychiatric interview in which 11 patients took part clearly showed that most of them were suffering primarily from a psychiatric disorder. The question of stylalgia only as a form of atypical facial pain is discussed.
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002114:Calcinosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008022:Ligaments / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011602:Psychophysiologic Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis*; D013577:Syndrome; D013701:Temporal Bone / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery