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A Case of Eagle's Syndrome Treated with Carbon Dioxide Laser

  • Byun, Kwang Hyun (Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Dankook University College of Medicine) ;
  • Ahn, Jung Hyun (Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Dankook University College of Medicine) ;
  • Lee, Sang Joon (Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Dankook University College of Medicine) ;
  • Woo, Seung Hoon (Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Dankook University College of Medicine)
  • Received : 2020.04.23
  • Accepted : 2020.05.07
  • Published : 2020.06.30
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Abstract

Eagle syndrome is relatively uncommon with an incidence of abnormal stylohyoid length being 4% to 7.3%. A vast majority of individuals with elongation of the styloid process are asymptomatic. It is a syndrome marked by the clinical signs and symptoms of facial pain, ear pain, throat pain, dysphagia and a globus sensation in the throat. The cause of Eagle syndrome is believed to be a congenital or hormonal change and reactive osseus hyperplasia of the styloid process in response to pharyngeal trauma or surgical intervention, such as tonsillectomy. We present here a case of a 37-year-old female with a twelve-month history of both sided oropharyngeal pain and globus sensation which has no trauma or surgical intervention. The patient presented with a long, slender, bony intraoral projection that was found to be an elongated styloid process. We removed this elongated styloid process with a CO2 laser, and her symptoms disappeared.

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