Volume : IX, Issue : III, March - 2019

Our experience in diagnosis & management of Eagle's syndrome

Dr. C. Balasubramanian, Dr. D. Prince Peter Dhas

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INTRODUCTION: Eagle‘s syndrome is defined as the elongation of styloid process or the calcification of the stylohyoid ligament causing clinical manifestations such as throat pain, ,foreign body sensation, headache, and radiation of pain to the ear and neck. The clinician usually misses the diagnosis due to nonspecific clinical presentations. Materials and Methods: Sixteen patients with Eagle syndrome were included in our study from 2013–2018. Diagnosis of the Eagle syndrome was based on clinical presentations and three–dimensional computed tomography (CT spiral with 3Dreconstrution). All were treated through under general anesthesia through anyone of the surgical approach transoral retromolar ,tranoral paratonsillar approach Results: 3D CT is very useful for preoperative estimation of the styloid process length. There were no postoperative complications encountered. Chief symptoms of the patients were regressed in months after surgery Conclusion: Clinical presentations and three dimensional CT are important for exact diagnosis of Eagle Syndrome. Surgical treatment is a safe and definitive treatment for Eagle syndrome

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OUR EXPERIENCE IN DIAGNOSIS & MANAGEMENT OF EAGLE'S SYNDROME, DR.C.BALASUBRAMANIAN, DR.D.PRINCE PETER DHAS INDIAN JOURNAL OF APPLIED RESEARCH : Volume-9 | Issue-3 | March-2019

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