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Elongated bilateral styloid process
I have been having following symptoms:-
Pain in Ear, blocked nose, clicking sound when opening mouth, pain on right side of neck and whenever I bend my neck downwards.
After consulting my doctor he asked me to get an xray which said that I have elongated styloid process, doctor prescribed me some medications to ease my neural pain, it stopped but after two weeks it started again. He also said that it is a rare condition and if it affects you, you should get a surgery done. I just wanted to ask that is the surgery safe and is there any ENT specialist who has done this procedure since it is quite rare?
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Conservative treatment is first line of treatment for Eagles syndrome. If no improvement, then you may have to go for surgery
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online consultation to know the detail history n x ray
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Surgery for elongated styloid process is excision of the styloid, results are conflicting, some surgeons do have very good results,, some don't have.
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Surgery is safe..you need to go through thorough pre anaesthetic checkup.
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Hi...based on the history you have provided you might be suffering from Eagle's syndrome!
If the symptoms are not controlled with medication...then you have to go for surgery!
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Dr. Gladson Guddappa Uchil
Allergist/Immunologist
29 yrs exp
Bangalore
The condition is known as Eagle's Syndrome. I have done 3 such surgeries in my 2 decade career, both successfully executed. You are welcome to come down to Bangalore and meet me.
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