Hyoid bone insertion tendinitis: clinicopathologic correlation

European Archives of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology Volume 264, Number 5 / May, 2007

Utku Aydil1 , Özgür Ekinci2, Ahmet Köybaşioğlu1 and Yusuf Kizil1

(1) Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Gazi Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi KBB AD, Gazi University School of Medicine, 06500 Beşevler/Ankara, Turkey
(2) Department of Pathology, Gazi University School of Medicine, 06500 Beşevler/Ankara, Turkey
Received: 25 August 2006 Accepted: 13 November 2006 Published online: 4 January 2007

Abstract
Hyoid bone insertion tendinitis is often not taken into consideration in clinical practice and neglected in the differential diagnosis while evaluating patients with chronic neck pain. One of the main important reasons why physicians do not bear this entity in mind is that it has not been well described histopathologically. Two patients, who had been diagnosed and treated surgically for hyoid bone insertion tendinitis, were presented in this study. Microscopically, degenerative changes in the striated muscle tissue, which are characterized by myocyte necrosis, atrophy along with fibrosis and calcification in some foci, were observed. These findings provide evidence for the clinical picture of hyoid bone insertion tendinitis.


Presented at 28th Turkish National Otorhinolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery Congress, May 21–26, 2005, Belek/Antalya/Turkey.