[Eagle's syndrome: a case presentation].
Eagle's syndrome occurs when an elongated styloid process or calcified stylohyoid ligament causes recurrent throat pain or foreign body sensation, dysphagia. Diagnosis can usually be made on physical examination by digital palpation of the styloid process in the tonsiller fossa. Three-dimensional computed tomography can utilized for supporting diagnosis. The treatment of Eagle's syndrome is primarily surgical. The styloid process can be shortened through an intraoral oe external approach. We report a 46- year-old woman with the seymptomatology of Eafle's syndrome and literature review.
Genç
Selahattin
S
Ulus Government Hospital, Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Ankara, Turkey. drsgenc@yahoo.com
Kürkçüoğlu
Sefik Sinan
SS
Tuncel
Umit
U
Babademez
Mehmet Ali
MA
Acar
Baran
B
Karabulut
Hayriye
H
D000328:Adult; D003680:Deglutition Disorders / Q000209:etiology*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009999:Ossification, Heterotopic / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D014066:Palatine Tonsil / Q000473:pathology*; D011859:Radiography