Judd MA. A truncated temporal styloid process from the Jordanian Ottoman Period: Developmental variant or fracture?
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PALEOPATHOLOGY 2018;
20:98-103. [PMID:
29496223 DOI:
10.1016/j.ijpp.2017.08.002]
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Abstract
Styloid process (SP) development and its role in an individual's lived experience plays a negligible role in paleopathological research, although a handful of possible Eagle's syndrome cases have been reported. Here, the development of the stylohyoid chain and the medical research of SP variants are reviewed to inform the differential diagnosis of a probable SP fracture in a young adult male associated with the Ottoman Period (13-19thC) in Jordan. The fracture surface of the right SP is smooth rather than irregular, the coloration is uniform with the surrounding cortical bone staining, and no new bone formation is visible. All features are consistent with a perimortem injury. An unossified stylohyal is a differential diagnosis, while the left elongated SP suggests a predisposition to intrinsic injury. The implications of SP fractures are considered.
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