[Eagle syndrom: A case report]. / Le syndrome de Eagle : à propos d'un cas.

INTRODUCTION: The Eagle syndrome is a rare entity characterized by a hypertrophy of the styloid process responsible for clinical signs in connection with compression of the vasculonervous structures of vicinity. CASE REPORT: Female 40 years old who complained for 7 years about intense right temporo-parietal headache, associated with ocular pains, otalgia, tinnitus and swallowing problems. These symptoms were unilateral. The only notable antecedent was an extraction of the wisdom teeth of the lower arc 10 years before. CONCLUSION: The Eagle syndrome is an unusual syndrome ignored by the majority of the clinicians. The simple palpation of the oropharyngeal walls (tonsils) makes it possible to evoke the diagnosis. This suspicion will be confirmed by Xrays. The surgery presents few risks and the patient is released of symptoms very quickly.

[Recurrent ameloblastoma on a rib graft after 33 years (a case report and review of the literature)]. / Récidive d'un améloblastome sur greffe costale après 33 ans (à propos d'un cas et revue de la littérature).

INTRODUCTION: The recurrence of an ameloblastoma is generally due to insufficient margins of resection or to the aggressiveness of the tumour which is regarded as locally malignant. Recurrencies on autologus osseous graft are rare in the literature. We report the case of a recurrent ameloblastoma on autologus rib graft which occurred 33 years after the surgery. OBSERVATION: A 59 year old man, underwent at the age of 26 years a tumoral removal of a left mandibular cyst with reconstruction by costal graft. The histopathologic diagnosis was an ameloblastoma with healthy limits and without invasion of the soft tissues. He consulted recently for a tumour located at the left side of the symphysis and presenting an endo-oral component bending at the level of the floor of the mouth. The CTscan objectified a cystic hypodensity well defined inside the rib graft. The patient underwent a surgery performed by a mixed approach (endo-oral and cervical). The tumour was removed with macroscopically healthy margins. CONCLUSION: The pathogenesis of the recurrence of an ameloblastoma on autologus osseous graft is still not well understood. Thus, it is recommended to get healthy margins in case of en bloc resection requiring to make the limits of the resection at least at one centimeter from the tumour. A very longterm follow-up clinical and radiological is also mandatory.