Vascular Eagle Syndrome Presenting with Cervical Hematoma and Acute Ischemic Stroke with Airway Compromise
This case describes a 26-year-old woman with Eagle syndrome (elongated styloid process) who developed a life-threatening hemorrhagic complication involving an aneurysmal dilatation of the carotid artery, resulting in cervical hematoma with airway compromise and acute ischemic stroke. The patient required emergency airway management and demonstrated the severe vascular consequences possible when the styloid process compresses or injures adjacent blood vessels.
