What is Eagle syndrome?

Eagle syndrome is a health condition in which the styloid process is unusually long and extends over 1.18 mm (30 mm) and the stylohyoid ligament has undergone calcification. Although the exact causes remain discussed, Eagle's syndrome was associated with aging and trauma and is more common in women than men. The condition may represent symptoms of chronic boring pain or sharp pain when swallowing, stretching the tongue or turning the head. About 4% of the general population has an extended styloid process, but only 4-10% of these patients show symptoms, making Eagle syndrome relatively rare.

The term Styloid process has three different applications in anatomy: radius, ulna and temporary. Eagle syndrome deals with a time stylish process, a thin bone that protrudes down and out of the base bone base in the skull, close to the ear. The time styloid process is articulated with several muscles and nerves that help control language and larynx. It also associates with a stylohyoid ligament, a fibrous belt that attaches the styloid process to the stylohyoidsHar muscle that controls the floor of the mouth.

The exact causes of the Eagle syndrome are not known, although several explanations have been offered. The syndrome was first described by Dr. Wattem W. Eagle, an otolaryngologist at the Duke University in 1937. He believed that chronic irritation in the style region or tissue of scars of surgical trauma could cause ossification or ligament and osteitis, which is an irregulation state. Doctors have also suggested that ossification, which occurs in Eagle syndrome, is associated with endocrine disorders in menopausal women. Others believe that Eagle syndrome can spring from trauma caused in the developmental phases of the styloid process.

There are two forms of Eagle Syndrome, as suggested by Eagle. The first "classic" form occurs after a local trauma or surgical stress, such as tonsilectomy. Classic form represents symptoms of chronic pain, matte pain on the side of the postageIt would demolish the heads and in some cases between the roof of the mouth and the back on the same side.

The second form, known as "stylocarotide syndrome", occurs when the styloid process is deformed to spread the side and compress the inner or external carotid artery. The patient with the other form of Eagle's syndrome can earn pain along the artery and pain above or below the eye when the head is rotated on one side of the neck. This form is not related to the history of tonsilectomy.

If the patient manifests these symptoms, the physician may diagnose the patient by firming (touches) the tip of the styloid process and ordering the X -ray beam called computer tomography (CT) scanning. Doctors often give anti -inflammatory drugs and painkillers, but if the case is severe, the patient may require the problematic part of the styloid process to require Styloidectomy surgery. Surgery can be done from the outside of the neck (extraoral) or from the inside (intraoral) but intraoral is preferred.