An Asymptomatic and Overelongated Styloid Process

Elongation of the styloid process is a rare condition. Only 4% of patients have clinical symptoms where elongated styloid process (ESP) occasionally irritates or disrupts adjacent anatomical structures, which is called Eagle syndrome. This present report was aimed at reporting an asymptomatic ESP wi...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Soylu, Emrah, Altan, Ahmet, Sekerci, Ahmet Ercan, Akbulut, Nıhat
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2017
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5299170/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28246562
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/7971595
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Sumario:Elongation of the styloid process is a rare condition. Only 4% of patients have clinical symptoms where elongated styloid process (ESP) occasionally irritates or disrupts adjacent anatomical structures, which is called Eagle syndrome. This present report was aimed at reporting an asymptomatic ESP with unusual width and length.

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