The Eagle Has Landed

Ademayowa Ademiluyi^1, , Nicola Jackson¹, Shion Betty¹, James Appiah-Pippim¹ and Krystal Alexander²

¹Graduate Medical Education, Piedmont Athens Regional Medical Center, Athens, GA, USA

²Henry Ford Hospital/Wayne State University Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care

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Ademayowa Ademiluyi, Nicola Jackson, Shion Betty, James Appiah-Pippim and Krystal Alexander. The Eagle Has Landed. American Journal of Medical Case Reports. 2021; 9(4):261-262. doi: 10.12691/AJMCR-9-4-14

Abstract

Eagle syndrome is a rare medical condition characterized by symptoms related to an elongated styloid process. CT scan of the neck and direct laryngoscopy was obtained and confirmed the diagnosis. Here we report a patient who presented with dysphagia and odynophagia and was found to have an elongated styloid process.

Keywords

eagle syndrome, elongated styloid process

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