Unusual Symptomatology in Eagle Syndrome.
Eagle syndrome
elongated styloid process
external ear pain
Journal
Clinical medicine insights. Case reports
ISSN: 1179-5476
Titre abrégé: Clin Med Insights Case Rep
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 101531893
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
2020
2020
Historique:
received:
24
04
2020
accepted:
22
05
2020
entrez:
25
9
2020
pubmed:
26
9
2020
medline:
26
9
2020
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
A 20-year-old female presented a history of isolate left external ear pain. ENT valuation showed no alteration of the district, but an aberrant styloid process was tender to palpation in the left tonsillar fossa. Computer tomography was performed and confirmed it. Thereafter, the diagnosis of Eagle syndrome was made. The auricular branch of the vagal nerve (ABVN) was pressed by the styloid process causing the pain. This case pointed out the importance to consider anatomical alteration as elongated styloid process as a possible cause of external ear pain.
Identifiants
pubmed: 32973376
doi: 10.1177/1179547620948728
pii: 10.1177_1179547620948728
pmc: PMC7495518
doi:
Types de publication
Case Reports
Langues
eng
Pagination
1179547620948728Informations de copyright
© The Author(s) 2020.
Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
Declaration of Conflicting Interests:The author(s) declared no potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article.
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