Eagle's syndrome

Baddour, H. Michael; McAnear, Jon Tom; Tilson, Hugh B.

doi:10.1016/0030-4220(78)90378-x

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“…Auditory symptoms include deafness, tinnitus (133) and hearing loss (116), as well as fullness (160,161) and "popping" of the ear (110). Other referred symptoms are visual dysfunction (162), headache, dizziness and syncope (by glomus caroticum compression) (163-166), shortage of breath (167), Horner's syndrome (169,170), and even sudden death (168).…”

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“…The styloid process varies in length in different subjects as well as in individual patients (109). Ra-diographic studies have shown that a normal styloid process is generally less than one inch (about 2.5 cm) in length (104,(110)(111)(112)(113)(114)(115), but other authors have considered a process to be elongated when greater than 40 mm in length (the highest incidence of symptoms occurred at this length) (107). An elongated styloid process is said to exist when either the styloid process alone or the combined lengths of the process and stylohyoid or stylomandibular ligaments exceed 40 mm.…”

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Elongated Styloid Process and Eagle's Syndrome

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A controversial entity, Eagle's syndrome, is reviewed. After an anatomical description of the maxillo-vertebro-pharyngeal region we summarize the causative, diagnostic and therapeutic aspects of the syndrome. Two different conditions are often reported as Eagle's syndrome: one characterized by dysphagia and unilateral pharyngeal pain radiating to the ear and worsened by swallowing; the other characterized by pain in the head and neck region due to compression of the neurovascular structure by an elongated styloid process. The latter also includes typical cranial neuralgias (such as glossopharyngeal neuralgia) and carotidynia. We believe that the term "Eagle's syndrome" is legitimate only in the first case and in those "atypical" painful head and neck conditions related to an elongated styloid process and relieved by styloidectomy. We believe Eagle's syndrome deserves consideration in the International Headache Classification.

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“…The styloid process can be observed easily through a lateral-view plain radiograph, but difficulties may arise in deciphering the image when the styloid processes on both sides overlap. In this case, a CT scan can be useful, and the form of the styloid process can be evaluated from a greater number of angles in 3DCT [9]. Using the lidocaine infiltration test can assist in diagnosis by assessing whether symptoms disappear when the test is performed on the area where the styloid process can be felt in the tonsillar fossa [2].…”

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Non Surgical Treatment of Eagle's Syndrome - A Case Report -

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Eagle's syndrome is a disease without a clear lesion that is associated with repeated episodes of pharyngalgia, odynophagia, the sensation of a foreign body in the pharynx, tinnitus, and otalgia in which patients displaying these types of symptoms must be given a differential diagnosis. It is known to be characterized by styloid process elongation or increasing compression to adjacent anatomical structures through stylohyoid ligament calcification. In serious cases, continuous pressure to the carotid artery can lead to a stroke. Diagnosis is confirmed through clinical symptoms, radiological findings, and physical examinations. The most common type of treatment consists of a surgical excision of elongated styloid process. Nonetheless, this study presents a case of treating Eagle's syndrome with conservative management.

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“…Está localizado entre as artérias carótidas interna e externa, posteriormente à faringe, onde se inserem os músculos estilo-hióideo, estiloglosso e estilofaríngeo, os quais são inervados, respectivamente, pelos nervos facial, hipoglosso e glossofaríngeo. 1,6 É importante observar que o alongamento da apófise do processo estilóide não é patognomônico para essa doença, pois muitos pacientes com achados ao acaso de processo estilóide alongado são assintomáticos, podendo haver também diferentes apresentações mesmo quando o aumento é bilateral. 1,8 Estima-se que o processo estilóide alongado ocorra em aproximadamente 4% da população geral, sendo que 4-10% podem ser sintomáticos.…”

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Sindrome de Eagle simulando neuralgia occipital

Albuquerque¹,

Santos²,

Barbosa³

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RESUMOA Síndrome de Eagle caracteriza-se por sinais e sintomas faríngeos e cervicais associados ao alongamento do processo estilóide do osso temporal ou calcificação do ligamento estilo-hióideo. Apesar de ser rara, ela está bem documentada na literatura da otorrinolaringologia e da odontologia. Todavia, na literatura neurológica há poucos relatos. O objetivo desse trabalho é relatar um caso e fazer uma revisão de literatura sobre a Síndrome de Eagle. Pretende-se, dessa forma, familiarizar os neurologistas e neurocirurgiões com os sintomas, diagnóstico e o tratamento dessa afecção. Palavras-chave: Síndrome de Eagle, Processo estilóide, ABSTRACTEagle´s syndrome is characterized by pharyngeal and cervical signs and symptoms associated to an elongated styloid process of temporal bone or calcification of stylohyoid ligament. It is well documented in Otorrinolaringology and odontology literature, but there are few reports in Neurology journals. The objective of this article is to report a case , with a literature review of the syndrome. We hope the symptoms, diagnosis and treatment of Eagle's syndrome be more familiar to neurologists and neurosurgeons.

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Eagle's syndrome

Cited by 54 publications

References 11 publications

Elongated Styloid Process and Eagle's Syndrome

Elongated Styloid Process and Eagle's Syndrome

Non Surgical Treatment of Eagle's Syndrome - A Case Report -

Sindrome de Eagle simulando neuralgia occipital

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