The elongated styloid process

Abstract

Some patients with abnormal sensation in the throat were found to have an elongated styloid process. Now, there were 230 patients with normal sensation and 55 patients with abnormal sensation in the throat. We measured the length of styloid process on the X-ray filmes. As the result, in the patients with normal sensation 99 patients (43.0%) have elongated styloid process with the average length being 13.9mm. In the patients with abnormal sensation 74.5% showed the elongated process with the average length being 26.2mm. The patients with abnormal sensation were found to have it higher incidence of elongated styloid process. © 1989, Society of Oto-rhino-laryngology Tokyo. All rights reserved.