EAGLE SYNDROME: A CHALLENGE FOR ORAL AND MAXILLOFACIAL DOCTORS (A REVIEW ARTICLE)
Mobeen Khan*, Hanjala Shafi Rayeen, Prashant Kumar Chandan, Mitasha Sinha, Anand Prakash and Swati
ABSTRACT
Eagle syndrome is a complication of elongated styloid process. The most common symptoms are: Unilateral Throat pain, dysphagia , facial pain, pain at the back of the tongue of the affected side, feeling of something struck in the throat, facial pain, difficulty in speech with voice changes. Eagle syndrome decreases the quality of life. Sometimes the pain of eagle syndrome can involve head, ear and TMJ region of affected site. Proper knowledge of anatomy of styloid process and its attachment is necessary for the early diagnosis on the basis of involvement of site, sign and symptoms and for planning the treatment. As health care professionals it’s our duty to diagnose the case early and provide better treatment so that compromised quality of life of the patient is improved. OPG can be helpful in the radio graphical evaluation of elongated styloid process but CT image can be used as advanced tool for the radiographical evaluation of elongated styloid process. Local application of anaesthesia (lidnocaine) can be used for the diagnosis.
Keywords: Eagle syndrome; Styloid process; Sore throat; Stylohyoid ligament and Stylomandibular Ligament.
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