종설

이상경상돌기증 3례

박성국1, 이상철1, 박춘근1
Seong Kook Park1, Sang Cheol Lee1, Chun Keun Park1
Author Information & Copyright
1인제대학교 부산백병원 이비인후과학교실
1Department of Otolaryngology, Collage of Medicine,Inje University, Pusan Paik Hospital

© Copyright 1991 The Busan, Ulsan, Gyeoungnam Branch of Korean Society of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery. This is an Open-Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

Published Online: May 31, 2020

ABSTRACT

The elongated styloid syndrome which is induced by elongated styloid process is more rare.

Most patients with elongated styloid process remain asymptomatic.

Patients frequently complain of pain in the throat increased by swallowing or as sensation of foreign body in the throat. Occasionally, some patient complain ear pain and some headache.

These symptoms are due to stimulation of the nerves and vessels which pass closs to the tip of the styloid process.

Recently, the authors have experienced three cases of elongated styloid process complained foreign body sensation of throat in 2 cases and pain on swallowing in 1 case, those symptoms were improved by operation as Eagle’s method and report with review of literatures.

Keywords: Elongated styloid process; Eagle’s method; 3 cases