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ArticleThe American journal of case reports2020

A Rare Case of Elongated Styloid Process Fracture.

Kojiro Hirano, Tomoaki Mori, Takahiro Suzuki, Yasuyuki Hinohira, Hitome Kobayashi

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Article in The American journal of case reports, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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5 authors.

Kojiro HiranoDepartment of Otorhinolaryngology, Showa University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
Tomoaki MoriDepartment of Otorhinolaryngology, Showa University Koto Toyosu Hospital, Tokyo, Japan.
Takahiro SuzukiYoyogi-Uehara Ear, Nose, and Throat (ENT) Clinic, Tokyo, Japan.
Yasuyuki HinohiraKamio Memorial Hospital, Tokyo, Japan.
Hitome KobayashiDepartment of Otorhinolaryngology, Showa University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

BACKGROUND An elongated styloid process occurs with Eagle syndrome and causes a variety of symptoms. Fracture of the elongated styloid process is a rare condition. With spontaneous fractures, appropriate treatment cannot be performed in many cases due to unexplained symptoms and indefinite complaints that are not thoroughly examined. CASE REPORT We encountered a case of fractured elongate styloid process reaching the hyoid bone. Based on the findings from cervical 3-dimensional computed tomography (3D-CT), we chose surgery using the transcervical approach instead of the intraoral approach. Symptoms resolved following surgery. CONCLUSIONS A fractured styloid process is a rare event, but it needs to be recognized. If drug therapy does not work, surgical treatment is needed and has been shown to be effective. Surgical therapies include an intraoral approach and a transcervical approach. In the case presented here, 3D-CT was very useful for diagnosis and surgery selection.

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Ossification, HeterotopicHumansHyoid BoneTemporal BoneTomography, X-Ray Computed

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PMID32747618
PMCPMC7423172

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