Abstract Introduction Carotid artery dissection is a common cause of stroke in the young. It has been related to association carotid with fixed neighbouring anatomical structures. This study assesses between styloid process length, internal position and cervical (CCAD). information would provide potential predicative radiological measurements, which could prevent delays CCAD diagnosis. Method R...

A 59-year-old man with a history of chronic ankylosing spondylitis for many years, developed neck pain and left cervico-brachial neuralgia following a road traffic accident sustained one week before. Plain radiographs of cervical spine were initially misinterpreted. On examination, he had severe neck pain on mobilization without any neurological deficits. Delayed cervical computed tomography sc...

Pain that is worsened by swallowing and localised laterally between the thyroid cartilage and hyoid bone is termed thyrohyoid syndrome. Similar syndromes with other names (such as styloid syndrome) have been described based on the localisation of symptoms.1–3 It is likely that calcification or tendonitis of the hyoid bone and related muscles and ligaments are responsible for these symptoms. Mic...

Research on muscle activation patterns during swallowing has been limited. Newly developed 320-row area detector computed tomography (320-ADCT) has excellent spatial and temporal resolution, which facilitates identification of laryngopharyngeal structures and quantitative kinematic analysis of pharyngeal swallowing. We investigated muscle activity patterns by observing the changes in length of ...

acute fever, occipital pain and neck stiffness. His medical history included pseudogout of the right knee, which was confirmed by the presence of chondrocalcinosis on a radiograph and calcium pyrophosphate dihydrate crystals in fluid obtained by arthrocentesis. His mentation was normal, and he had limited cervical motion in all directions. His erythrocyte sedimentation rate was 100 mm/h, and hi...

Calcification and ossification of the ligamentum flavum or of the posterior longitudinal ligament are causes of compressive myelopathy, more frequent in the lower thoracic levels, and extremely rare in Western populations. Surgical decompression is the only therapy, but the disease is usually progressive, and its recurrence after surgery is common. Inflammatory mediators might play a role in th...