A case report of the greater horn hyoid syndrome and literature review

doi:10.19438/j.cjoms.2025.05.017

Abstract

Abstract: Hyoid bone syndrome is a type of faciocervical pain and occasionally concomitant clicking larynx that is caused by structural aberration of the greater horn of the hyoid bone at the attachment of the stylohyoid ligament. This paper presented a patient with hyoid bone syndrome that complained an intermittent ulcer hemorrhage in the tongue base. The clinical features and primary surgical treatment were described, and literatures covering its anatomical and physiological characteristics and management were reviewed thereof.

Key words: Faciocervical pain, Hyoid apparatus, Hyoid bone syndrome, Clicking larynx

CLC Number:

R782.2

Fang Chang, Li Chenxi, Parekejiang· Pataer, Gong Zhongcheng. A case report of the greater horn hyoid syndrome and literature review[J]. China Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, 2025, 23(5): 532-536.

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