title: Bilateral calcified stylohyoid ligament: an incidental autopsy finding with medicolegal significance.
abstract: Eagle's syndrome occurs due to elongation of the styloid process or calcification of the stylohyoid ligament, which then may produce a pain sensation due to pressure exerted on various structures in the head and neck region. A case report of calcified stylohyoid ligament found incidentally at autopsy and further confirmed by computed tomography scan and histopathology is herein discussed with associated medicolegal significance.
authors.affiliation: Department of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology, Kasturba Medical College, Mangalore, Manipal University, India.
authors.forename: P P Jagadish
authors.initials: PP
authors.lastname: Rao
authors.forename: Ritesh G
authors.initials: RG
authors.lastname: Menezes
authors.forename: Ramadas
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Naik
authors.forename: Anand
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Venugopal
authors.forename: K R
authors.initials: KR
authors.lastname: Nagesh
authors.forename: Sampath
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Madhyastha
authors.forename: Tanuj
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kanchan
authors.forename: Astha
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gupta
authors.forename: Savita
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Lasrado
mesh_terms: D001344:Autopsy / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D002114:Calcinosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology*; D005157:Facial Pain / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D007194:India; D008022:Ligaments / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013577:Syndrome; D013701:Temporal Bone; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed