Hossein Shahoon
1*, Camellia Kianbakht
21 Assistant Professor, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Faculty of Dentistry, Shahed University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
2 Dentist, Private Practice, Tehran, Iran
Abstract
Elongation of the styloid process or stylohyoid ligament calcification is a well recognized finding of dental practice,
and an incidence of 4 to 30 percent has been reported on radiographs. Rarely, complete mineralization of
the stylohyoid ligament or elongation of styloid process has been associated with difficulties in intubation and
significant clinical symptoms, which is termed Eagle’s syndrome, and it exhibits dull or sharp intermittent pain
felt along the glossopharyngeal nerve that is located in the hypopharynx and at the base of the tongue and recurrent
throat pain or foreign body sensation, dysphagia, or facial pain. Additional symptoms may include neck or
throat pain with radiation to the ipsilateral ear. In the case presented, the elongated process caused a broad tenderness
in left lateral and posterior cervical as well as temporal regions.