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  • Title: Reconsideration of hyoid bone syndrome-A case series with a review of the literature.
    Author: Li CX, Hu L, Gong ZC.
    Journal: J Stomatol Oral Maxillofac Surg; 2023 Feb; 124(1):101263. PubMed ID: 35977661.
    Abstract:
    BACKGROUND: Hyoid bone syndrome is a type of faciocervical pain and occasionally concomitant clicking larynx that is caused by degeneration and/or elongation of the greater horn of the hyoid bone at the attachment of the stylohyoid ligament. CASES PRESENTATION: We report five patients who presented with deep-seated, dull, aching, throat pain that radiated from neck, accompanying by throat clicking while speaking, swallowing, yawning, and turning head. Most notably, one of them also complained an intermittent ulcer hemorrhage in the tongue base. Diagnostic tests included physical palpation of the hyoid greater cornu and computed tomography examination. One patient did not accept the surgery, but other than that four patients responded well to resection of the abnormal hyoid bone, which resulted in immediate and complete relief of their symptoms and with no postoperative complications. CONCLUSIONS: Clicking sensation and pain while deglutition is an unpleasant condition, which produces physiological and psychological bearings. This dictates the need for accurate diagnosis and proper management of the condition. Oral and maxillofacial surgeons involved in the treatment of orofacial pain should consider this rare condition as a differential diagnosis.
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