title: [A case of bilaterally elongated styloid processes].
abstract: Elongated styloid process gives a complex of symptoms described by Eagle such as unilateral craniofacial and cervical pain, recurrent throat pain, dysphagia and foreign body sensation. Symptoms might be similar to those caused by calcified stylohyoid ligament. Diagnosis of the elongated styloid process is based on the palpation of the tonsillar area and should be confirmed radiologically. Surgical shortening of the elongated process is the only way to give symptomatic relief to the patient. The authors present a surgically treated case of bilaterally elongated styloid processes and unilateral symptoms.
authors.affiliation: Katedra i Klinika Laryngologii Slaskiej AM w Katowicach.
authors.forename: Tatiana
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Gierek
authors.forename: Danuta
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Zbrowska-Bielska
authors.forename: Krystyna
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Majzel
mesh_terms: D003680:Deglutition Disorders / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D019547:Neck Pain / Q000209:etiology*; D009999:Ossification, Heterotopic / Q000601:surgery*; D013701:Temporal Bone / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery*; D016896:Treatment Outcome