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ArticleCureus2024

Eagle's Syndrome: A Fortunate Discovery in a Symptomatic Patient.

Vaya R Karapepera, Anna Aourelia Maria Skarmoutsou, Dimitrios Tziouris

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Article in Cureus, 2024. 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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1 citing paper in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Vaya R KarapeperaOtolaryngology - Head and Neck, Chatzikosta Hospital Ioannina, Ioannina, GRC.
Anna Aourelia Maria Skarmoutsou1st General Surgery Department, University Hospital of Alexandroupolis, Alexandroupolis, GRC.
Dimitrios TziourisOtolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, Chatzikosta Hospital Ioannina, Ioannina, GRC.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Eagle's syndrome is a condition characterized by an elongated styloid process or a calcified stylohyoid ligament, which can lead to a plethora of symptoms, such as neck and facial pain upon movement, dysphagia, pharyngeal foreign body sensation, headache, and vertigo-like sensations. This pathology may affect one or both of a patient's styloid processes (unilateral or bilateral), with most of these cases going undiagnosed due to the vague nature of their symptoms. Nonetheless, the diagnosis of Eagle's syndrome must derive from the combined findings of both clinical examination and radiographic imaging. Symptomatic patients may require conservative or surgical treatment.

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eagle's syndromeneck painotorhinolaryngologystyloid processthroat pain

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PMID38933649
PMCPMC11200315

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