Bilateral elongated styloid process: report of a dry skull

Abstract

Temporal styloid process is a thin, fragile, pointed bony projection directed forward and downward with average length of 2 to 2.5 cm. The authors describe a skull with two enlarged styloid processes, found in the osteotheque of the Faculty of Medicine of the Eduardo Mondlane University. The objective of this presentation is to draw the attention of the medical community to the existence of these situations that in real life give different and non-specific symptoms that can make one think of another diagnosis. The clinical picture of Eagle's Syndrome ranges from asymptomatic cases to cases with great discomfort, with variable and non-specific symptoms, due to its close relationship with the vasculonervous bundle of the neck and other cranial nerves and its knowledge is important for the student of anatomy, anatomist, general practitioner, dentist, radiologist, neurologist, maxillofacial, neurosurgery, otolaryngologist and psychiatry.