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A rare differential diagnosis to occupational neck pain: bilateral stylohyoid syndrome
Chronic neck pain is widely prevalent and a common source of disability in the working-age population. Etiology of chronic neck pain includes neck sprain, mechanical or muscular neck pain, myofascial pain syndrome, postural neck pain as well as pain due to degenerative changes. We report the case of...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1526445/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16800878 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1745-6673-1-14 |
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author | Kirchhoff, Gertrud Kirchhoff, Chlodwig Buhmann, Sonja Kanz, Karl-Georg Lenz, Miriam Vogel, Tobias Kichhoff, Rainer Maria |
author_facet | Kirchhoff, Gertrud Kirchhoff, Chlodwig Buhmann, Sonja Kanz, Karl-Georg Lenz, Miriam Vogel, Tobias Kichhoff, Rainer Maria |
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description | Chronic neck pain is widely prevalent and a common source of disability in the working-age population. Etiology of chronic neck pain includes neck sprain, mechanical or muscular neck pain, myofascial pain syndrome, postural neck pain as well as pain due to degenerative changes. We report the case of a 42 year old secretary, complaining about a longer history of neck pain and limited movement of the cervical spine. Surprisingly, the adequate radiologic examination revealed a bilateral ossification of the stylohyoid ligament complex. Her symptoms remained intractable from conservative treatment consisting of anti-inflammatory medication as well as physical therapy. Hence the patient was admitted to surgical resection of the ossified stylohyoid ligament complex. Afterwards she was free of any complaints and went back to work. Therefore, ossification of the stylohyoid ligament complex causing severe neck pain and movement disorder should be regarded as a rare differential diagnosis of occupational related neck pain. |
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spelling | pubmed-15264452006-08-03 A rare differential diagnosis to occupational neck pain: bilateral stylohyoid syndrome Kirchhoff, Gertrud Kirchhoff, Chlodwig Buhmann, Sonja Kanz, Karl-Georg Lenz, Miriam Vogel, Tobias Kichhoff, Rainer Maria J Occup Med Toxicol Case Report Chronic neck pain is widely prevalent and a common source of disability in the working-age population. Etiology of chronic neck pain includes neck sprain, mechanical or muscular neck pain, myofascial pain syndrome, postural neck pain as well as pain due to degenerative changes. We report the case of a 42 year old secretary, complaining about a longer history of neck pain and limited movement of the cervical spine. Surprisingly, the adequate radiologic examination revealed a bilateral ossification of the stylohyoid ligament complex. Her symptoms remained intractable from conservative treatment consisting of anti-inflammatory medication as well as physical therapy. Hence the patient was admitted to surgical resection of the ossified stylohyoid ligament complex. Afterwards she was free of any complaints and went back to work. Therefore, ossification of the stylohyoid ligament complex causing severe neck pain and movement disorder should be regarded as a rare differential diagnosis of occupational related neck pain. BioMed Central 2006-06-26 /pmc/articles/PMC1526445/ /pubmed/16800878 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1745-6673-1-14 Text en Copyright © 2006 Kirchhoff et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0 This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License ( (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0) ), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Case Report Kirchhoff, Gertrud Kirchhoff, Chlodwig Buhmann, Sonja Kanz, Karl-Georg Lenz, Miriam Vogel, Tobias Kichhoff, Rainer Maria A rare differential diagnosis to occupational neck pain: bilateral stylohyoid syndrome |
title | A rare differential diagnosis to occupational neck pain: bilateral stylohyoid syndrome |
title_full | A rare differential diagnosis to occupational neck pain: bilateral stylohyoid syndrome |
title_fullStr | A rare differential diagnosis to occupational neck pain: bilateral stylohyoid syndrome |
title_full_unstemmed | A rare differential diagnosis to occupational neck pain: bilateral stylohyoid syndrome |
title_short | A rare differential diagnosis to occupational neck pain: bilateral stylohyoid syndrome |
title_sort | rare differential diagnosis to occupational neck pain: bilateral stylohyoid syndrome |
topic | Case Report |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1526445/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16800878 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1745-6673-1-14 |
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