Styloid-carotid artery syndrome treated surgically with Piezosurgery: a case report and literature review.
Styloid-carotid artery syndrome was first described by Eagle and is associated with cervical and facial pain caused by head movement resulting from mechanical compression of the carotid nerve plexus due to an elongated styloid process. The case of a 49-year-old man with persistent cervical pain, neurological symptoms and an elongated styloid process of 7.5 cm is reported here; this patient was successfully treated using Piezosurgery. In addition, a literature review is included.
Department of Neurology and Psychiatry, SHG Kliniken Sonnenberg, Sonnenbergstrasse, 66119 Saarbrücken, Germany.
Eike
E
Hoffmann
Christian
C
Räder
Hendrik
H
Fuhrmann
Peter
P
Maurer
D002343:Carotid Artery, Internal / Q000473:pathology; D005154:Facial Nerve / Q000473:pathology; D005157:Facial Pain / Q000601:surgery; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D006928:Hyoid Bone / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D021621:Imaging, Three-Dimensional / Q000379:methods; D008022:Ligaments / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D019547:Neck Pain / Q000601:surgery; D009999:Ossification, Heterotopic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D059745:Piezosurgery / Q000379:methods*; D011862:Radiography, Panoramic; D013701:Temporal Bone / Q000002:abnormalities / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods