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Eagle’s Syndrome: A Diagnostic Challenge and Surgical Dilemma

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Eagle’s syndrome was first described with all signs and symptoms by W. W. Eagle in the year 1949. It was characterized by abnormal ossification of styloid process leading to either morphological increase in the length of the styloid process itself or abnormal calcification of the stylohyoid ligament. It has been reported in patients of fourth to sixth decade. The surgical management of removal of the elongated styloid was first performed in 1842 even before Eagle’s syndrome was completely understood. The establishment of the diagnosis is a challenge in itself as we need to differentiate it from the neuralgias such as glossopharyngeal neuralgia and superior laryngeal neuralgias. Furthermore, the decision of whether to operate or not is another dilemma in itself. We report a case of a 19-year-old girl with classic Eagle’s syndrome along with the transcervical surgical management of the same.

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  1. Calcutta Institute of Maxillofacial Surgery and Research, 200, Rajdanga, Nabapally, Kolkata, West Bengal, 700107, India

    Annuradha Dey & Srijon Mukherji

  2. Royal College of Surgeons, Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK

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All authors contributed to the study conception and design. Material preparation, data collection and analysis were performed by Dr. AD and Dr. SM: The first draft of the manuscript was written by Dr. AD, and all authors commented on previous versions of the manuscript. All authors read and approved the final manuscript.

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The article Eagle’s Syndrome: A Diagnostic Challenge and Surgical Dilemma, written by Annuradha Dey, Srijon Mukherji was originally published electronically on the publisher’s internet portal https://doi.org/10.1007/s12663-020-01396-x on 26 June 2020 with open access. With the author(s)’ decision to step back from Open Choice, the copyright of the article changed on 7 August 2020 to ©The Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons of India 2020 and the article is forthwith distributed under the terms of copyright.

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Dey, A., Mukherji, S. Eagle’s Syndrome: A Diagnostic Challenge and Surgical Dilemma. J. Maxillofac. Oral Surg. 21, 692–696 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12663-020-01396-x

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