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Eagle's Syndrome Presenting Unilateral Facial Nerve Palsy: Case Report  

Shin, Hee-Jin (Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Seoul St. Mary's dental hospital, College of medicine, The Catholic University)
Kwon, Young-Wook (Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Seoul St. Mary's dental hospital, College of medicine, The Catholic University)
Cho, Sung-Min (Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Seoul St. Mary's dental hospital, College of medicine, The Catholic University)
Kim, Change-Hyen (Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Seoul St. Mary's dental hospital, College of medicine, The Catholic University)
Park, Je-Uk (Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Seoul St. Mary's dental hospital, College of medicine, The Catholic University)
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Maxillofacial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery / v.32, no.5, 2010 , pp. 467-472 More about this Journal
Abstract
Eagle's syndrome is the manifestation of elongated styloid process that is not a common entity in dental clinics. Without the knowledge of this syndrome misdiagnosis can be made and therefore differential diag-nosis with other diseases of oral and maxillofacial area is required. The symptoms of elongated styloid process are cervical pain, foreign body sensation, dysphagia and pharyngeal pain. A 27 years old male vis-ited our hospital. He had cervical pain with unilateral facial nerve palsy. Along with meticulous clinical examinations, 3D-CT, Plain radiographic studies were used to make the diagnosis. In computed tomogra-phy, Lt. styloid process was elongated and fractured. Patient have undergone surgical resection of elongat-ed styloid process and have been carefully observed. Characteristically, preoperative facial nerve palsy showed rapid postoperative recovery. The other clinical symptoms that were present in the initial visit were diminished. The purpose of this article is to report a case of Eagle's syndrome presenting unilateral facial nerve palsy that was treated with transoral surgical approach with literature review.
Keywords
Eagle's syndrome; Fracture of styloid process; Facial nerve palsy;
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