Bilateral calcified stylohyoid ligament: an incidental autopsy finding with medicolegal significance

P P Jagadish Rao; Ritesh G Menezes; Ramadas Naik; Anand Venugopal; K R Nagesh; Sampath Madhyastha; Tanuj Kanchan; Astha Gupta; Savita Lasrado

doi:10.1016/j.legalmed.2010.03.002

Bilateral calcified stylohyoid ligament: an incidental autopsy finding with medicolegal significance

Leg Med (Tokyo). 2010 Jul;12(4):184-7. doi: 10.1016/j.legalmed.2010.03.002. Epub 2010 Apr 7.

Authors

P P Jagadish Rao¹, Ritesh G Menezes, Ramadas Naik, Anand Venugopal, K R Nagesh, Sampath Madhyastha, Tanuj Kanchan, Astha Gupta, Savita Lasrado

Affiliation

¹ Department of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology, Kasturba Medical College, Mangalore, Manipal University, India.

PMID: 20378390
DOI: 10.1016/j.legalmed.2010.03.002

Abstract

Eagle's syndrome occurs due to elongation of the styloid process or calcification of the stylohyoid ligament, which then may produce a pain sensation due to pressure exerted on various structures in the head and neck region. A case report of calcified stylohyoid ligament found incidentally at autopsy and further confirmed by computed tomography scan and histopathology is herein discussed with associated medicolegal significance.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Autopsy / legislation & jurisprudence*
Calcinosis / diagnosis
Calcinosis / pathology*
Facial Pain / etiology
Humans
India
Ligaments / diagnostic imaging
Ligaments / pathology*
Male
Middle Aged
Syndrome*
Temporal Bone
Tomography, X-Ray Computed