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JOHN M. MCGINNIS, JR, MD
Montpelier, Vt

Arch Otolaryngol. 1981;107(7):460.

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To the Editor.—I enjoyed reading Dr Goodman's clinical memorandum on fractures of an ossified stylohyoid ligament in the February ARCHIVES (1981;107:129-130). I recently had a case that illustrates some of his points.

Report of a Case.—A 52-year-old man with diabetes, previously disabled by a low-back injury, consulted me about a lump and soreness in the right submaxillary area of three weeks' duration. Physical examination disclosed a bony, hard mass in the submaxillary triangle separate from the mandible and fixed. Roentgenographic examination showed an unusually large and well-developed stylohyoid bone. This measured about 7 cm in length, with the maximum width of the shaft about 9 mm. There was a well-defined medullary cavity and bony cortex, an articulation proximally at the styloid process, and a somewhat less well-defined apparent articulation distally

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