[Difficulties with diagnosis of elongated styloid process syndrome]

Elongated styloid process syndrome courses in the form of the chronic, noncharacteristic ailment of the pain, within facial skeleton and the lasting, noneffective treatment. This study shows (for example three own cases of elongated styloid process syndrome) the difficulty of diagnose in this group, which can course under the form of dysphagia. This study point at the necessity excludes elongated styloid process syndrome in every unexplained pains of craniofacial and cervical, especially that, easy digital palpation near tonsils and spot film (X-ray) of elongated styloid process syndrome allow to put the right diagnose.