title: Clicking hyoid: A rare case report and review.
abstract: Painful conditions of unexplained origin pose a challenging task for the clinician from both the diagnosis and treatment perspective. This might be accounted due to overlapping symptomatology; moreover, nonspecific subjective findings push the diagnostic process to a more perplexing direction. The main loophole in their management lies in difficulty to make an appropriate diagnosis. Clicking hyoid is an extremely rare anomaly of hyoid bone which produces painful clicking in throat. Here, we report a case of a young patient presented with pain and clicking in throat which aggravated on swallowing. After a series of examinations, it was diagnosed as clicking hyoid and was managed successfully by surgical treatment. The objective of this article is not only to increase awareness of the ailment so as to validate its existence but also demonstrate the significant utility of the surgical management.
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral and Maxollofacial Surgery, PGIDS, Rohtak, Haryana, India.
authors.forename: Virendra
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Singh
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral and Maxollofacial Surgery, PGIDS, Rohtak, Haryana, India.
authors.forename: Kannu
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Priya
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral and Maxollofacial Surgery, PGIDS, Rohtak, Haryana, India.
authors.forename: Amrish
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bhagol
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral and Maxollofacial Surgery, PGIDS, Rohtak, Haryana, India.
authors.forename: Shruti
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kirti
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral and Maxollofacial Surgery, PGIDS, Rohtak, Haryana, India.
authors.forename: Manju
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Thepra
keywords: Clicking; cornua; hyoid; pain; swallowing