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Rare disease
Massively enlarged styloid process presenting as a submandibular mass
  1. Lorna Elizabeth Langstaff1,
  2. Tarik Abed2,
  3. Jonathan Philpott2
  1. 1Department of ENT, York Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, York, UK
  2. 2Department of ENT, Southend University Hospital, Westcliffe, UK
  1. Correspondence to Lorna Elizabeth Langstaff, lorna.langstaff{at}doctors.org.uk

Summary

A 47-year-old man is investigated in the ear, nose and throat department for a 6-month history of left submandibular swelling and pain. He underwent several investigations, before a large styloid process was found on CT imaging of the neck. The patient underwent surgical excision of the enlarged styloid process and stylohyoid ligament. He recovered well with no long-term complications and his symptoms were fully resolved.

https://doi.org/10.1136/bcr-2012-007392

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