Eagle's syndrome: Importance of A corrected diagnosis and adequate surgical treatment

Journal of Craniofacial Surgery

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 755-758

  Mortellaro, Carmen ^a   Biancucci, Patrizia ^a   Picciolo, Giuseppe ^a   Vercellino, Vittorio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Differential diagnosis; Eagle's syndrome; Elongated styloid process; Surgical treatment

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; MEPIVACAINE;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CRANIOFACIAL MALFORMATION; CRANIOFACIAL SURGERY; DENTAL EQUIPMENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HUMAN; HYOID BONE; LIGAMENT CALCINOSIS; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; PHARYNX DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKULL RADIOGRAPHY; STYLALGIA; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYMPTOM; TEMPORAL BONE; TEMPOROMANDIBULAR JOINT DISORDER; TREATMENT OUTCOME; BONE DISEASE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FACE PAIN; HYPERTROPHY; PATHOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; SYNDROME;

ADULT; BONE DISEASES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FACIAL PAIN; HUMANS; HYOID BONE; HYPERTROPHY; MALE; SYNDROME; TEMPORAL BONE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0036835750     PISSN: 10492275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001665-200211000-00007     Document Type: Article

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