title: Eagle syndrome.
abstract: Eagle syndrome, also known as elongated styloid process, is a condition first described by Watt Eagle in 1937. It occurs when an elongated styloid process or calcified stylohyoid ligament causes recurrent throat pain or foreign body sensation, dysphagia, or facial pain. Additional symptoms may include neck or throat pain with radiation to the ipsilateral ear. It is usually hard to diagnose because the symptoms related to this condition can be confused with those attributed to a wide variety of facial neuralgias. In this article, a case of Eagle syndrome exhibiting unilateral symptoms with bilateral elongation of styloid process is reported.
authors.affiliation: From the *Department of Plastic Reconstructive, Aesthetic, Maxillofacial Surgery and Burn Unit, Hospital de São João, Porto Medical School, Porto; and †Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Hospital de Braga, and School of Health Sciences, Life and Health Sciences Research Institute, University of Minho, Braga, Portugal.
authors.forename: Pedro Costa
authors.initials: PC
authors.lastname: Ferreira
authors.forename: Mário
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mendanha
authors.forename: Tiago
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Frada
authors.forename: Jorge
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Carvalho
authors.forename: Alvaro
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Silva
authors.forename: José
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Amarante
mesh_terms: D003680:Deglutition Disorders / Q000209:etiology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005156:Facial Neuralgia / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D021621:Imaging, Three-Dimensional; D008875:Middle Aged; D019547:Neck Pain / Q000209:etiology; D009999:Ossification, Heterotopic / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000175:diagnosis; D011862:Radiography, Panoramic; D013701:Temporal Bone / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000601:surgery; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed