RESUMO
This paper reports the case of a 39-year-old woman who presented with symptoms of Eagle's Syndrome and an ossified stylohyoid ligament (SHL). Symptoms had developed immediately after trauma to the neck. No injury to the SHL was radiologically observable, but the causal relationship between the trauma and the occurrence of symptoms was evident. A new symptom of Eagle's Syndrome mimicking osteoathrosis of the temporomandibular joint was observed. The risk of misdiagnosis of temporomandibular disorders and the etiological role of neck trauma in Eagle's Syndrome are discussed.
Assuntos
Osso Hioide/patologia , Ligamentos/lesões , Lesões do Pescoço/complicações , Ossificação Heterotópica/etiologia , Osso Temporal/patologia , Adulto , Diagnóstico Diferencial , Dor Facial/etiologia , Feminino , Seguimentos , Humanos , Osteoartrite/diagnóstico , Síndrome , Transtornos da Articulação Temporomandibular/diagnósticoRESUMO
BACKGROUND: Pindborg tumor is a rare benign epithelial calcified odontogenic tumor. Radiological diagnosis is generally suspected because of the presence of calcifications. CASE REPORT: A 61-year-old man presented a polymorphous Pindborg tumor of the anterior maxillary. The diagnosis was hindered due to the nonspecific radiographic image and the lack of calcification. Pathology provided the positive diagnosis of poorly-differentiated young odontogenic epithelial tumor. DISCUSSION: Pindborg tumor is a rare lesions usually found in the posterior mandibular bone. Calcification is a characteristic feature. There are two historical forms, a squamous form with very favorable outcome and a clear-cell form with less favorable prognosis.
