A pain like no other: From cluster to headache to Eagle's syndrome, a case report

Eva Diab , Ines Masmoudi , Claire Leclercq (1) , Clara Flores (2) , Lok Louin , Jérémie Bettoni (3, 4, 5) , Olivier Godefroy (6, 7)

1 Service de neurologie [Amiens]
2 UPJV - Université de Picardie Jules Verne
3 CHU Pitié-Salpêtrière [AP-HP]
4 Sorbonne Université - Faculté de médecine [CHU Pitié Salpétrière]
5 CHIMERE - CHirurgie, IMagerie et REgénération tissulaire de l’extrémité céphalique - Caractérisation morphologique et fonctionnelle - UR UPJV 7516
6 ICM - Institut du Cerveau = Paris Brain Institute
7 LNFP - Laboratoire de Neurosciences Fonctionnelles et Pathologies - UR UPJV 4559

Background Eagle's syndrome, also called stylohyoid complex syndrome, is a rare syndrome pathology characterised by latero-cervical pain radiating to the face, linked to an abnormal enlargement of the styloid or calcification of the stylo-hyoid ligament. Case We report here the case of a young man of 25 suffering from cluster headache resistant to treatments, revealing Eagle's syndrome. Conclusion Only surgery led to a real improvement of his condition.

Domaines: Sciences du Vivant [q-bio]

Eva Diab, Ines Masmoudi, Claire Leclercq, Clara Flores, Lok Louin, et al.. A pain like no other: From cluster to headache to Eagle's syndrome, a case report. Cephalalgia, 2020, 40 (12), pp.1394-1397. ⟨10.1177/0333102420954544⟩. ⟨hal-03599037⟩