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Eagle syndrome (also termed stylohyoid syndrome, [1] styloid syndrome, [2] stylalgia, [3] styloid-stylohyoid syndrome, [2] or styloid–carotid artery syndrome) [4] is an uncommon condition commonly characterized but not limited to sudden, sharp nerve-like pain in the jaw bone and joint, back of the throat, and base of the tongue, triggered by swallowing, moving the jaw, or turning the neck. [1]
Melkersson–Rosenthal syndrome is a rare neurological disorder characterized by recurring facial paralysis, swelling of the face and lips (usually the upper lip: cheilitis granulomatosis) and the development of folds and furrows in the tongue (fissured tongue). [2]: 799 Onset is in childhood or early adolescence.
Lemierre's syndrome begins with an infection of the head and neck region, with most primary sources of infection in the palatine tonsils and peritonsillar tissue. [10] Usually this infection is a pharyngitis (which occurred in 87.1% of patients as reported by a literature review [ 6 ] ), and can be preceded by infectious mononucleosis as ...
pain in the ear, jaw and/or neck; taste loss in the front two-thirds of the tongue; dry mouth and eyes; an erythematous vesicular rash in the ear canal, the tongue, and/or hard palate. [citation needed] [2] Because the vestibulocochlear nerve is in proximity to the geniculate ganglion, it may also be affected and patients may also experience ...
Tongue lesions are very common. For example, in the United States one estimated point prevalence was 15.5% in adults. [10] Tongue lesions are more common in persons who wear dentures and tobacco users. [10] The most common tongue conditions are geographic tongue, followed by fissured tongue and hairy tongue. [10]
Characterised by persistent, asymptomatic bilateral swelling of parotid glands, and may represent as a manifestation of more widespread systemic disease. Dry eyes and dry mouth are commonly present and may be indicative of concomitant connective tissue disease (e.g. systemic lupus erythematosus [SLE], rheumatoid arthritis [RA], or scleroderma).
The symptoms of Frey's syndrome are redness and sweating on the cheek area adjacent to the ear (see focal hyperhidrosis). They can appear when the affected person eats, sees, dreams, thinks about, or talks about certain kinds of food which produce strong salivation. [3] Observing sweating in the region after eating a lemon wedge may be diagnostic.
Townes–Brocks syndrome [1] (TBS) is a rare genetic disease that has been described in approximately 200 cases in the published literature. It affects both males and females equally. [ 2 ] The condition was first identified in 1972. [ 2 ]