title: Calcified stylohyoid ligament: unusual pressure symptoms.
abstract: Two previously unreported clinical features, namely obstruction of the submandibular salivary gland and discomfort on yawning, were encountered in a 42-year-old male with gross calcification of the stylohyoid ligament. The diagnosis was confirmed on clinical grounds, routine radiography, sialography and CT scanning.
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery, Dental School, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Fanibunda
authors.forename: D J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Lovelock
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002114:Calcinosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D005157:Facial Pain / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008022:Ligaments / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D011862:Radiography, Panoramic; D012796:Sialography; D013363:Submandibular Gland / Q000503:physiopathology; D013701:Temporal Bone / Q000473:pathology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed