| Cervicofacial pain associated with Eagle's syndrome misdiagnosed as trigeminal neuralgia. | |
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PMID: 21720752 Owner: NLM Status: Publisher |
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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. |
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Gabriela Mayrink; Evandro Portela Figueiredo; Fabio Ricardo Loureiro Sato; Roger William Fernandes Moreira |
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Type: JOURNAL ARTICLE Date: 2011-7-1 |
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Title: Oral and maxillofacial surgery Volume: - ISSN: 1865-1569 ISO Abbreviation: - Publication Date: 2011 Jul |
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Created Date: 2011-7-1 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 101319632 Medline TA: Oral Maxillofac Surg Country: - |
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Languages: ENG Pagination: - Citation Subset: - |
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Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Piracicaba Dental School, Campinas State University-Unicamp, Av. Limeira, 901-Caixa Postal 52-Areião, Piracicaba, São Paulo, Brazil. |
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