Open AccessStylocarotid syndrome: A case report
Author(s) -
B Petrović,
Djordje Radak,
Vladimir Kostić,
Nadežda ČovičkovićŠternić
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
srpski arhiv za celokupno lekarstvo
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.135
H-Index - 17
eISSN - 2406-0895
pISSN - 0370-8179
DOI - 10.2298/sarh0812650p
Subject(s) - medicine , presentation (obstetrics) , temporal bone , otorhinolaryngology , head and neck , internal carotid artery , neck pain , anatomy , tonsillectomy , radiology , surgery , pathology , alternative medicine
The American otolaryngologist Eagle was the first to describe styloid syndrome in 1937 and the syndrome was named after him (Eagle's syndrome). The original description of two separate syndromes is connected with his name: classical syndrome, which almost constantly occurs after tonsillectomy and carotid artery syndrome, which occurs without tonsillectomy and also in cases when stylohyoid complex compresses the carotid segments and perivascular sympathetic fibers. In the following years, two more syndromes were defined: stylohyoid and pseudostylohyoid, which according to their manifestations, correspond to the genuine classical form.