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Eagles Syndrome: A Diagnostic and Surgical Predicament | |
Dr. Mehakleen Gill, Dr. B Nitin, Dr. Naiya Rao, Dr. Ginni Datta | |
Eagle’s syndrome is a pain syndrome which occurs due to elongated and misdirected styloid process.All patients above 18 years of age and below 65 year Patients with history of chronic throat pain. Patients with palpable styloid process intraorally and patients with Elongated styloid process > 3 cm in length on CT were included in our study.Results showed that the length of the styloid process correlates with the clinical signs and symptoms. Tonsillo-styloidectomy is the treatment of choice in majority of cases of Eagle’s syndrome. In our Study the elongated and misdirected styloidprocess correlated with the symptoms. |
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