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Rare disease
Eagle's syndrome, a rare cause of neck pain
  1. Mohammed Bahgat,
  2. Yassin Bahgat,
  3. Ahmed Bahgat
  1. Department of ENT and Head & Neck Surgery, Alexandria University Hospitals, Alexandria, Egypt
  1. Correspondence to Dr Mohammed Bahgat, mybahgat18{at}hotmail.com

Eagle's syndrome (ES) sometimes called styloid or stylohyoid syndrome is defined as the symptomatic elongation of the styloid process or mineralisation of the stylohyoid ligament. The symptoms related to this condition can be confused with those attributed to a wide variety of facial neuralgias. We report a 34-year-old male patient who presented with a recurrent neck pain and dysphagia. He was diagnosed to have an elongated styloid process. An intraoral transtonsillar shortening of the styloid process was done. We discuss the clinical presentation, diagnosis and treatment of ES as well as a review of the literature.

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