Two cases of symptomatic elongated styloid process.
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Two cases of symptomatic elongated styloid process.
Two cases of elongated styloid process are reported. The first occurred in a 27-year-old man whose only complaint was pain when moving the jaw, and its differential diagnosis was comparatively simple. The second case occurred in a 33-year-old woman, for whose condition differential diagnosis was more difficult, as she presented many symptoms, including neuralgic pain in the face and neck, pain ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Japanese Journal of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery
سال: 1986
ISSN: 2186-1579,0021-5163
DOI: 10.5794/jjoms.32.2164