Elongated styloid process or Eagle syndrome is a rare condition presenting with wide range of symptoms including throat pain, foreign body sensation, neck pain and ear pain. Establishing diagnosis requires high index suspicion understanding this entity by the physician. Computed tomography (CT) gold standard to diagnose syndrome. Conservative medical treatment analgesics, oral steroids anticonv...

BACKGROUND The sore throat pain model has been conducted by different clinical investigators to demonstrate the efficacy of acute analgesic drugs in single-dose randomized clinical trials. The model used here was designed to study the multiple-dose safety and efficacy of lozenges containing flurbiprofen at 8.75 mg. METHODS Adults (n=198) with moderate or severe acute sore throat and findings ...

BACKGROUND Elongated styloid process syndrome (Eagle's syndrome) is the term given to the symptomatic elongation of the styloid process or the mineralization of the stylohyoid or stylomandibular ligament. The two commonly used approaches for the surgical treatment of this syndrome are the transcervical and transoral approaches. Both have their limitations and specific intraoperative risks. Here...

Fractures of the proximal pole of the scaphoid with associated avascular necrosis and nonunion are well known to be problematic. Many techniques for fixation and reconstruction of the proximal pole of the scaphoid have been reported, often with poor results. One of the newer modalities of treatment for these difficult cases is excision of the proximal pole and replacement with a pyrocarbon impl...

Penicillin has been the " gold standard " for treatment of acute pharyngitis due to group A streptococci (GAS) (i.e., " strep throat ") for 5 decades. It is effective not only for treating acute infection but also for preventing acute rheumatic fever. GAS have remained exquisitely and uniformly susceptible to penicillin in vitro, and the drug is notable for its safety, narrow spectrum , and low...