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Elongated Styloid Process (Eagle's Syndrome) Causing Hemicrania
Author(s) -
Massey E. Wayne,
Massey Janice
Publication year - 1979
Publication title -
headache: the journal of head and face pain
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.14
H-Index - 119
eISSN - 1526-4610
pISSN - 0017-8748
DOI - 10.1111/j.1526-4610.1979.hed1906339.x
Subject(s) - medicine , etiology , process (computing) , eagle , computer science , pathology , biology , operating system , paleontology
SYNOPSIS Hemifacial pain and hemicrania can be caused by an elongated styloid process (Eagle's syndrome). This entity is reviewed historically with six case histories and x–rays presented. The etiology of the symptom complex is unclear, but possible mechanisms such as cranial nerve pressure and carotid sympathetic nerve involvement are discussed. Specific treatment is surgical removal of the tip of the styloid process.