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Anatomical variations of the stylohyoid complex and their clinical significance
Author(s) -
Chandler James R.
Publication year - 1977
Publication title -
the laryngoscope
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.181
H-Index - 148
eISSN - 1531-4995
pISSN - 0023-852X
DOI - 10.1288/00005537-197710000-00013
Subject(s) - clinical significance , medicine , anatomy , pathology
Anatomical variations of the styloid process and its ligaments may be responsible in some patients for vague symptoms referrable to the throat and neck. On occasions, they result in some diagnostic and therapeutic quandaries. The anatomy is reviewed and five case reports used to illustrate typical and unusual problems.