A complete stylohyoid bone with a stylohyoid joint

• Published in: American journal of otolaryngology Vol. 22; no. 5; pp. 358 - 361
• Main Authors: Kay, David J., Har-El, Gady, Lucente, Frank E.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY Elsevier Inc 01-09-2001; Elsevier
• Subjects: Biological and medical sciences; Diseases of the osteoarticular system; Humans; Hyoid Bone - diagnostic imaging; Hyoid Bone - pathology; Hyoid Bone - surgery; Ligaments - diagnostic imaging; Ligaments - pathology; Ligaments - surgery; Male; Mandible - diagnostic imaging; Mandible - pathology; Mandible - surgery; Medical sciences; Middle Aged; Miscellaneous. Osteoarticular involvement in other diseases; Non tumoral diseases; Ossification, Heterotopic - diagnostic imaging; Ossification, Heterotopic - pathology; Ossification, Heterotopic - surgery; Otorhinolaryngology (head neck, general aspects and miscellaneous); Otorhinolaryngology. Stomatology; Tomography, X-Ray Computed; Human; Ligament; Radiodiagnosis; Diseases of the osteoarticular system; Age 40-49; Exploration; Male; Hyoid bone; Ossification; Case study; Radiography; Pathology; Symptomatology; Histopathology; Treatment; Medical imagery; ENT disease; Adult; Computerized axial tomography; Diagnosis; Styloid process
• ISSN: 0196-0709; 1532-818X
• DOI: 10.1053/ajot.2001.26497

Different clinical entities are associated with elongation of the styloid process or ossification of the stylohyoid ligament. Although partial ossification of the stylohyoid ligament is not uncommon, complete ossification is rare. We present a rare case of complete ossification of the stylohyoid ligament. This case may represent the extreme end of the spectrum of entities known as cervicopharyngeal pain syndrome, which includes Eagle's syndrome, stylohyoid syndrome, and pseudostylohyoid syndrome. Am J Otolaryngol 2001;22:358-361. Copyright © 2001 by W.B. Saunders Company)