Eagle Syndrome Presenting After Blunt Trauma: A Case Series

Eagle syndrome is an unusual phenomenon unfamiliar to most vascular surgeons. Patients develop neurologic or vascular manifestations arising from an elongated styloid process and/or an ossified stylohyoid ligament. These symptoms are secondary to irritation or compression of the neurovascular bundle within the carotid sheath. Presentations can vary from cervical pain and a globus sensation to carotid dissection, transient ischemic attacks, and stroke. Here we present a case series of the carotid subtype identified after blunt trauma.
Source: Journal of Vascular Surgery - Category: Surgery Authors: Tags: Abstract from the 2016 Southern Association for Vascular Surgery Annual Meeting Source Type: research