Since I'm always blown away by the knowledge in this group, and because my wife asked me to get your opinion as I'm always telling her about informative threads I've read here - do any of you have any knowledge about Eagle (or Eagle's) syndrome?
My wife has suffered from severe headaches, choking sensation, numbness in the face and other symptoms that have always been explained by doctors as migraine, fibromyalgia or simply hypochondria. She has always had very complex health issues (endometriosis, back pains and depression being some of them) so I guess some symptoms or pains could easily be dismissed as being just another issue - real or imagined.
However, an examination at the local hospital (this is in Norway, by the way) revealed by an x-ray, I think, that she has Eagle syndrome. Which is bones growing under the jaw, potentially pressing on nerves and blood vessels, and COULD explain some or a lot of the issues she's experiencing.
The local doctors didn't dare to do anything, as they didn't have the experience or skills. Fair enough. So she was referred to one of the biggest hospitals in Oslo, who also didn't know what to do. And a third hospital claimed to have expertise, but it was largely blown off by the elderly doctor who had done these kind of surgeries but meant that it had nothing to do with her headaches. Contrary to the research we had to do ourselves. But she did get an MRI. And here are the images:
The bones are about 6 cm long, or just over 2 inches for you non metrics. It almost looks like she's growing pedipalps or turning into a Predator!
Jokes aside, we have found a doctor at a hospital some 250 miles away, who has done these operations with success. So her RGP has forwarded her file to him, and we're awaiting a response these days.
Has any of you had any experience or knowledge about this syndrome, and the procedure to remove them?