# Australian seeking specialist and what scans to get **URL:** \ **Category:** General\ **Created:** [July 17, 2016, 12:50am UTC](https://forum.livingwitheagle.org/t/australian-seeking-specialist-and-what-scans-to-get/1455 "2016-07-17T00:50:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 4
**Author:** ![Jules](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex027/user_avatar/forum.livingwitheagle.org/jules/32/404_2.png) [@Jules](https://forum.livingwitheagle.org/u/Jules)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2016, 6:53am UTC](https://forum.livingwitheagle.org/t/australian-seeking-specialist-and-what-scans-to-get/1455/4 "2016-07-17T06:53:57Z")
Hi Della, There’s a lot of info in the Newbies guide to ES section about the best scans to get. A Ct with contrast is pretty much the best to show vascular involvement, which you’ve already had- unfortunately unless they can get you into a position where you’re getting symptoms though it might not be helpful in everyone’s case. But from that the radiographer should be able to see styloid length and calcification of the stylo-hyoid ligaments. One member- Snappleofdiscord- was trying to get a CT with contrast taken with her neck in a certain position to show the effects of the styloid on the carotid arteries; I can’t remember if she was ever successful with that or not. There is a doctors list on the site which heidemt updates regularly with names of doctors who have treated ES. Hopefully there should be some Aussie docs to help, and here’s a link to a previous discussion where some members from Australia were talking about their doctors: > [@Looking for surgeon in Canberra, Australia](http://forum.livingwitheagle.org/t/looking-for-surgeon-in-canberra-australia/810): > > Hi, If anyone has information about surgeons who have experience of Eagles Syndrome please contact me. I live in Canberra Australia by the way. I have been diagnosed this week and am contacting Ear, Nose Throat Specialists but I think most will have no experience. There are very few to contact anyway! The neurologist who made the final confirmation (pretty obvious on the CT scan that both long styloids have carotid artery wrapped around them) had only seen one other Eagle Syndrome in the past fi… Hope this helps you a bit! --- _[View the full topic](https://forum.livingwitheagle.org/t/australian-seeking-specialist-and-what-scans-to-get/1455)._