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Prominent styloid processes in close proximity to vascular structures

Transverse CT image showing prominent styloid processes (arrows) in close proximity to vascular structures. A 26-year-old man presented to the emergency department because of a 5-day history of right-hand clumsiness and right-arm and hand numbness. His symptoms developed suddenly while he was playing football. He had a prior history of episodic neck pain and pain around the ear. He underwent uneventful excision of the styloid process using a lateral approach with subsequent resolution of this frequent neck pain. (Source: Alobaidi HA, Alfaran AA, Algazwi HH, Alkhater FI, et al. Eagle syndrome: a rare cause of stroke in a young patient. Cureus 2022;14(1):e21102. Creative Commons Attribution License [CC-BY 4.0]. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0.)

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