Eagle Syndrome (Megastyloid) As a Rare Skeletal Pathology and its Importance for Anthropological Studies

Year 2024, Volume: 2 Issue: 33, 17 - 23, 28.10.2024

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https://doi.org/10.51493/egearkeoloji.1524021

Abstract

This study aims to present an unusual example of a rare skeletal pathology known as Eagle Syndrome (ES), or Megastyloid, and to contribute to the fields of Forensic Anthropology, Physical Anthropology, Paleoanthropology, Osteoarchaeology, Paleopathology by drawing attention to the importance and potential of bone pathology in anthropological studies. The material of this study consists of 220 human skeletons, 160 male and 60 female, of known Cypriot origin, brought to the Forensic Medicine Unit of Dr. Burhan Nalbantoğlu State Hospital in Nicosia, Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, between 2011-2024 for examination. Only a male individual between the ages of 30-35 exhibited bilateral elongated styloid processes, which had a maximum length of 6.52 cm from base to tip, was evaluated as Gigantic Eagle Syndrome. The subject, discussions, and results of this study are important in terms of drawing attention to the high potential of skeletal pathology in forensic and biological examinations.

Keywords

Bone Pathology, Forensic Anthropology, Physical Anthropology, Paleoanthropology, Osteoarchaeology.

Nadir Bir İskelet Patolojisi Olarak Eagle Sendromu (Megastyloid) ve Antropolojik İncelemeler Açısından Önemi

Abstract

İnsan iskeletlerinde patolojik olguları tanımak ve yorumlamak Adli Antropoloji, Fizik Antropoloji, Paleoantropoloji, Osteoarkeoloji, Paleopatoloji bilimleri ve bu disiplinler arası yapılan çalışmalar açısından oldukça değerlidir. Genel toplumun yaklaşık %2-%4’nde nadir görüldüğü bildirilen Eagle Sendromu (ES) veya diğer adıyla megastyloid özellikle iskeletleşmiş insan kalıntılarında nadiren rapor edilmekte, ya da sadece elonge styloid proçes olarak bahsedilmektedir. ES, temporal kemikte stylomastoid kemiğin önünde yer alan styloid proçesin (SP) lateral veya bilateral farketmeksizin 3 cm’den uzun ölçüldüğü vakalar için geçerlidir. 220 insan iskeletinin incelendiği bu çalışmada yalnızca bir kişide görülen ES’nin 6.52cm uzunluğuna sahip bir örneği paylaşılmakta ve antropolojik incelemeler açısından önemi tartışılmaktadır.

Keywords

Kemik Patolojisi, Eagle Sendromu, Adli Antropoloji, Fizik Antropoloji, Plaeoantropoloji, Osteoarkeoloji

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