A Case of Eagle's Syndrome

Abstract

Eagles's syndrome is charactarized by an elongated styloid process of the temporal bone. The present case in,34-year-old male showed typical neuralgia, a dull, nagging pain in the throat, often localized to the tonsillar fossa and radiating to the ear. In this case the approach was through an external neck incision; about 25 mm of the bone was removed. One month later, the patient had no pain but slight foreign body sensation was noted at the vallecula epiglottica.