British Journal of General Practice, September 2012 501 CASE REPORT A 35-year-old woman presented in the accident and emergency department with a 2-day history of right-sided Horner’s syndrome. She had been seeing her GP over the last few months with right-sided neck pain, often brought on by chewing, and occasional tinnitus and dizziness, for which no cause had been found. Physical examination...

The styloid process (SP) is a cylindrical, long cartilaginous bone located on the temporal bone. It normally measures between 2cm and 3cm in adults. Elongated styloid process can be due to styloid process itself or due to ossification of stylohyoid ligament showing an overall length of more than 3 cm. In living persons, the elongated styloid process when present can produce characteristic cervi...

<p>Eagle's syndrome is characterized by elongation of the styloid process or calcification stylohyoid ligament, which irritates and disturbs adjacent anatomical structures. Its symptomatology polymorphic. However, neurovascular manifestations may exceptionally be noted. We report a case incidental discovery during an exploration for spontaneous retro-mandibular hematoma. The patient was 7...

To cite: Narayanan R, Shankar B, Paruthikunnan S M, et al. BMJ Case Rep Published online: [please include Day Month Year] doi:10.1136/ bcr-2014-205315 DESCRIPTION A 35-year-old male polytrauma patient’s cervical spine was evaluated by CT. Coronal (figure 1), axial (figure 2) and volume rendered (figure 3) CT images showed conical bony protuberances arising from the paracondylar area on both sid...

OBJECTIVE To describe the role of routine radiographic examination of clinically healthy completely edentulous jaws prior to fabrication of the first set of complete dentures. DESIGN Cross-sectional retrospective descriptive study. SETTINGS The departments of Conservative and Prosthetic Dentistry, and Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Oral Medicine/Oral Pathology, Dental Maxillofacial Radiolo...

Introduction Eagle syndrome, also termed stylohyoid syndrome is a radioclinical entity characterized by an elongated styloid process. Although frequent, it remains largely underdiagnosed by clinicians [1]. We report one case of Eagle syndrome studied at the ENT and radiology departments of the Heinrich Lübke hospital in Dioubrel. Radiologic, therapeutic and clinical data have been documented. T...