A 20-year-old female presented a history of isolate left external ear pain. ENT valuation showed no alteration of the district, but an aberrant styloid process was tender to palpation in the left tonsillar fossa. Computer tomography was performed and confirmed it. Thereafter, the diagnosis of Eagle syndrome was made. The auricular branch of the vagal nerve (ABVN) was pressed by the styloid process causing the pain. This case pointed out the importance to consider anatomical alteration as elongated styloid process as a possible cause of external ear pain.
Unusual symptomatology in eagle syndrome / Pace, A.; Rossetti, V.; Iannella, G.; Magliulo, G.. - In: CLINICAL MEDICINE INSIGHTS. CASE REPORTS. - ISSN 1179-5476. - 13:(2020). [10.1177/1179547620948728]
Unusual symptomatology in eagle syndrome
Pace A.Primo
;Rossetti V.Secondo
;Iannella G.Penultimo
;Magliulo G.
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2020
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A 20-year-old female presented a history of isolate left external ear pain. ENT valuation showed no alteration of the district, but an aberrant styloid process was tender to palpation in the left tonsillar fossa. Computer tomography was performed and confirmed it. Thereafter, the diagnosis of Eagle syndrome was made. The auricular branch of the vagal nerve (ABVN) was pressed by the styloid process causing the pain. This case pointed out the importance to consider anatomical alteration as elongated styloid process as a possible cause of external ear pain.| File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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