An unusually lengthy styloid process

Singapore Medical Journal

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2007, Pages

  Prabhu, L V ^a   Kumar, A ^b   Nayak, Soubhagya R ^a   Pai, M M ^a   Vadgaonkar, R ^a   Krishnamurthy, A ^a   Madhan Kumar, S J ^a  

^a KASTURBA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^b NITTE DEEMED TO BE UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Dysphagia; Eagle's syndrome; Globus hystericus; Long styloid process; Neck pain; Styloid process

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC PAIN; DYSPHAGIA; EAGLES SYNDROME; FEMALE; FOREIGN BODY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFLAMMATION; NERVE COMPRESSION; NEUROPATHOLOGY; OTALGIA; PHARYNX DISCOMFORT; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PSYCHOTRAUMA; SKULL DEFECT; STYLOID PROCESS; VASCULAR DISEASE; CASE REPORT; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; TEMPORAL BONE;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; TEMPORAL BONE;

EID: 34447529104     PISSN: 00375675     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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