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Case Reports
. 2020 Sep 15:13:1179547620948728.
doi: 10.1177/1179547620948728. eCollection 2020.

Unusual Symptomatology in Eagle Syndrome

Annalisa Pace  1 , Valeria Rossetti  1 , Giannicola Iannella  1 , Giuseppe Magliulo  1
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Case Reports

Unusual Symptomatology in Eagle Syndrome

Annalisa Pace et al. Clin Med Insights Case Rep. .

Abstract

A 20-year-old female presented a history of isolate left external ear pain. ENT valuation showed no alteration of the district, but an aberrant styloid process was tender to palpation in the left tonsillar fossa. Computer tomography was performed and confirmed it. Thereafter, the diagnosis of Eagle syndrome was made. The auricular branch of the vagal nerve (ABVN) was pressed by the styloid process causing the pain. This case pointed out the importance to consider anatomical alteration as elongated styloid process as a possible cause of external ear pain.

Keywords: Eagle syndrome; elongated styloid process; external ear pain.

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Conflict of interest statement

Declaration of Conflicting Interests:The author(s) declared no potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article.

Figures

Figure 1.
Figure 1.
Three-dimensional reconstruction of computed tomography images. A transverse view showed the elongated left styloid process.
Figure 2.
Figure 2.
Three-dimensional reconstruction of computed tomography images. A coronal view showed the elongated left styloid process.
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