Eagle syndrome: Case report and literature review on a rare pathology treated at the cancer hospital of Muriaé

Abstract

The styloid process consists of a thin bony projection originating from the temporal bone, in its inferior face, where muscles and ligaments of the head and neck are inserted. Eagle Syndrome was first described in 1937 by Watt Eagle, and is configured by the increase in the styloid process associated with symptoms of pain in the cervical region and carotid compression. It is a rare pathology and still little widespread, but of great relevance as a differential diagnosis for causes of temporo-mandibular dysfunctions, odynophagia and cervicalgia. With varied etiology, the elongation of the styloid process causes symptoms to the patient according to its size and compression of adjacent structures, being the most effective surgical treatment in the resolution of the complaints of the affected patient.

DOI:https://doi.org/10.56238/uniknowindevolp-058