Cervicofacial pain associated with Eagle’s syndrome misdiagnosed as trigeminal neuralgia

摘要

Eagle’s syndrome is characterized by the symptoms of recurrent throat pain, pharyngeal foreign body sensation, dysphagia, referred otalgia, and neck pain. The treatment for Eagle´s syndrome can be pharmacologically, surgically, or both. The surgical management consists of two major procedures: the transoral approach or the extraoral–cervical approach.