Prevalence and Characteristics of Eagle Syndrome

Year 2015, Volume: 40 Issue: 4, 654 - 660, 02.10.2015

Süheyl Haytoğlu Soner Kadıköylü Özgür Sürmelioğlu Abdurrahman Bozkurtan Gökhan Söker İlhami Yıldırım

https://doi.org/10.17826/cutf.44973

Abstract

Purpose: The aim of this study is to determine the epidemiology of the Eagle's syndrome among patients presenting with a long-term complaint of pain in the ear. Material and Methods: In this prospective study, 48 patients with a complaint of otalgia lasting for 6 months, admitted to our clinic between June 2012 and December 2012 were included. All patients underwent to a maxillofacial CT scan, to detect the length of the styloid process. Patients with a length of more than 30 mm of styloid process were interpreted as Eagle’s syndrome. Results: Ten patients(20.8%) with more than 30 mm length of styloid process were diagnosed as Eagle’s syndrome. Conclusion: In patients with inconsistency in complaints and physical examination, Eagle syndrome as one of the causes of secondary otalgia, must be considered beside the primer otalgia.

Keywords

Eagle syndrome, otalgia, elongated styloid process

Eagle Sendromunun Yaygınlığı ve Özellikleri

Abstract

Amaç: Bu çalışmanın amacı uzun süreli kulak ağrısı şikayeti ile gelen hastalarda Eagle sendromunun epidemiyolojisini araştırılmasıdır. Materyal ve Metod: Bu çalışma prospektif bir çalışma olup, haziran 2012 ile aralık 2012 tarihler arasında ez az 6 aydır devam eden kulak ağrısı şikayeti ile kliniğimize başvuran 48 hasta incelenmiştir. Tüm hastaların aksiyel planda maksillofasiyal BT tetkiki istenerek uzun stiloid proçesi olan olguların stiloid proçesleri ölçüldü. Stiloid çıkıntısı 30 mm’den uzun olan olgular Eagle sendromu olarak yorumlandı. Bulgular: Stiloid proçes uzunluğu 30 mm ve daha fazla olan 10 olgu (%20.8) Eagle sendromu olarak yorumlandı. Sonuç: Otalji yapabilecek primer nedenler dışlandıktan sonra Eagle sendromu, özellikle şikayetleri ile fizik muayenesi arasında uyumsuzluk gözlenen hastalarda araştırılması gereken sekonder otalji nedenlerinden biridir. .

Keywords

Eagle sendromu, otalji, uzamış stiloid proçes

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