Bilateral calcified stylohyoid ligament: an incidental autopsy finding with medicolegal significance.
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.
Rao
P P Jagadish
PP
Department of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology, Kasturba Medical College, Mangalore, Manipal University, India.
Menezes
Ritesh G
RG
Naik
Ramadas
R
Venugopal
Anand
A
Nagesh
K R
KR
Madhyastha
Sampath
S
Kanchan
Tanuj
T
Gupta
Astha
A
Lasrado
Savita
S
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