ArticleBMJ case reports2022
Eagle syndrome and carotid artery dissection: a rare skull base cause of stroke.
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- Styloidogenic Internal Carotid Artery Dissection Presenting as Severe New-Onset Headache in a Young Adult.Cureus · 2026Article
- Eagle syndrome causing cerebral infarction attributed to the synergistic effect of mild compression of the styloid process and carotid artery arteriosclerosis: a case report.Journal of medical case reports · 2026Article
- Styloid process-related internal carotid artery dissection: extensive literature review of diagnosis, treatment and outcomes (exemplified with a single-center case series).Neuroradiology · 2025Review
- Ischemic stroke due to stylocarotid artery syndrome: a case report and review.The Journal of international medical research · 2024Review
- Surgical management of stylocarotid Eagle syndrome in a patient with bilateral internal carotid artery dissection: illustrative case.Journal of neurosurgery. Case lessons · 2024Article
- Headache secondary to Eagle syndrome: a case report with its distinctive featuresRevista de la Facultad de Ciencias Medicas (Cordoba, Argentina) · 2023Article
- Eagle syndrome: An updated review.Surgical neurology international · 2023Review
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Abstract
Eagle's syndrome is a rare collection of symptoms that occur secondary to an elongated styloid process or calcified stylohyoid ligament irritating its surrounding structures. Classically, this presents as unilateral throat pain or rarely, as acute neurological symptoms secondary to compression of the internal carotid artery: so called 'stylocarotid syndrome'. Significant neurological events in teenagers, secondary to Eagle syndrome have not been reported. We discuss the rare case of a teenage boy, diagnosed with right internal carotid artery dissection and middle cerebral artery infarction, with no cause initially identified. Following further admission with a transient neurological episode, he was noted to have elongated styloid processes with the right abutting the site of carotid dissection. He underwent styloidectomy and has since remained symptom free. This case highlights the importance of considering anatomical variants when assessing young patients with neurological symptoms, and the potential morbidity and mortality benefit that early surgical intervention may have.
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