The stylohyoid syndrome

The Stylohyoid syndrome is a clinical o•cuı-ance which is resulted due to elongated styloid process and calcified stylohyoid ligament . The main complaints in the opeı-ated 43 patients with the diagnosis of stylohyoid syndrome were sore thı-oat, foreign body sensation. Evaluation of computerized tomographic findings revealed that elongated styloid process (70.3%) followed hy ligament calcıfication (29,6%) were the ıngior causes of styloid syndrome. Evaluation of the pos toperat ive specimens histopathologically showed the calsite crystal depositions in ligament Postoperative follow- up revealed complete recovery of the complaints in 95.3% of patients