A Rare Case of Neck Pain Elongated Styloid Process

Pradyumna Kumar Sahoo; Smita R. Priyadarshini

A Rare Case of Neck Pain Elongated Styloid Process

Pradyumna Kumar Sahoo ¹, Smita R. Priyadarshini ²

Affiliations
1 Department of Prosthodontics, Institute of Dental Sciences, Siksha ‘O’ Anusandhan (Deemed to be University), Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India
2 Department of Oral Medicine & Radiology, Institute of Dental Sciences, Siksha ‘O’ Anusandhan (Deemed to be University), Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India

Styloid process is a complex structure and ossification of this process can illicit a number of signs & symptoms aggravating the patient’s condition. Elongated styloid process is also called Eagles syndrome and in majority of times are asymptomatic. But precipitation of certain procedures like tonsillectomy can make it symptomatic as in this case. Here we report a case of 26 years old female patient complaining of pain in the retropharyngeal region.