Abstract

Pain in the neck region following trauma to the mandible can be caused by styloid process fracture. This is usually the result of pressure on the glossopharyngeal nerve as it crosses the gap between this process and the first cervical vertebra. The following paper discusses two case reports of patients who developed painful dysphagia as a result of this type of trauma.

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