Overview of the ossified stylohyoid ligament based in more than 1200 forensic autopsies.
The human stylohyoid chain presents considerable anatomic variability. In a personal series of 1215 forensic autopsies, eleven cases of complete ossification of the stylohyoid ligament have been revealed. Nine cases were bilateral and two cases were unilateral ossifications. A fractured ossified stylohyoid ligament was found in one case. The embryology and clinical significance of this condition has been mentioned briefly.
Vougiouklakis
Theodore
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University of Ioannina, Department of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology, University Campus, 45110 Ioannina, Greece. tvujuk@cc.uoi.gr
D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D049429:Forensic Pathology; D050723:Fractures, Bone / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D006928:Hyoid Bone / Q000473:pathology*; D008022:Ligaments / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009999:Ossification, Heterotopic / Q000473:pathology*