Cervicofacial pain associated with Eagle’s syndrome misdiagnosed as trigeminal neuralgia
- نوع فایل : کتاب
- زبان : انگلیسی
- مؤلف : Gabriela Mayrink & Evandro Portela Figueiredo & Fabio Ricardo Loureiro Sato & Roger William Fernandes Moreira
- چاپ و سال / کشور: 2011
Description
Background Eagle’s syndrome is characterized by the symptoms of recurrent throat pain, pharyngeal foreign body sensation, dysphagia, referred otalgia, and neck pain. The treatment for Eagle´s syndrome can be pharmacologically, surgically, or both. The surgical management consists of two major procedures: the transoral approach or the extraoral–cervical approach. Case Report A 64-year-old patient with a severe cervical pain on the left side was evaluated with no defined diagnosis. During physical examination, an elongated styloid process could be palpated and with CT scan image, the Eagle´s syndrome diagnosis was done. The patient was successfully submitted to surgical resection of the elongated styloid process on the left side by an extraoral–cervical approach. After 6 months follow-up, the patient referred no symptom after the surgical treatment. Conclusion The extraoral/cervical approach is a safe alternative that achieves adequate treatment of Eagle’s syndrome.
Oral Maxillofac Surg DOI 10.1007/s10006-011-0276-7 Received: 2 March 2011 / Accepted: 6 May 2011
