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Otorrinolaringología 2017; 62 (2)

Styloid process elongation

Rodríguez-Nagore FJ, Rodríguez-Clorio J

Language: Spanish
References: 14
Page: 81-88
PDF size: 495.00 Kb.


ABSTRACT

Objetive: To report cases of styloid process syndrome and mention the clinical and radiological presentation of this disease.
Material and Method: A study of cases assisted by authors at the labor institution from March 2011 to August 2013.
Results: This series had 10 patients (seven women and three men 28 to 69 years old). We found patients with the two types of this disease; the classic syndrome and carotid artery syndrome. The diagnosis was made by a medical history, palpation of the tonsillar fossa, tomography with 3D reconstruction to measure the styloid process and the calcification of the stylohyoid ligament was observed. The most common symptoms were sore throat and tenderness in tonsillar fossa, that affected all the patients. It was more common in women, 80% of the cases were bilateral and the unilateral was correlated with CT findings. The average length of the right and left styloid was 3.5 cm and 3.2 cm, respectively. The most common radiological presentation of the styloid process by Langlais classification was elongated type.
Conclusion: Styloid process syndrome is a condition with a clinical diagnosis. A simple CT scan with an enlongated styloid process does not give the diagnosis. We must consider this disease in patients with chronic pharyngodynia.


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