# Best imaging for ES

**URL:** <https://forum.livingwitheagle.org/t/best-imaging-for-es/1166>\
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**Created:** [August 19, 2013, 4:41pm UTC](https://forum.livingwitheagle.org/t/best-imaging-for-es/1166 "2013-08-19T16:41:28Z")\
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**Author:** ![Wellington90](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex027/user_avatar/forum.livingwitheagle.org/wellington90/32/390_2.png) [@Wellington90](https://forum.livingwitheagle.org/u/Wellington90)\
**Post date:** [August 19, 2013, 4:41pm UTC](https://forum.livingwitheagle.org/t/best-imaging-for-es/1166/1 "2013-08-19T16:41:28Z")

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I have had a CT with contrast and my doctor said it didn't look like my styloid was elongated. Is there a better imaging test or view I should request? Also, if I was to point to my tonsil and touch it, exactly where would my styloid be? Is it possible to find it this way?

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**Author:** ![ringblomman](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex027/user_avatar/forum.livingwitheagle.org/ringblomman/32/238_2.png) [@ringblomman](https://forum.livingwitheagle.org/u/ringblomman)\
**Post date:** [August 25, 2013, 11:04am UTC](https://forum.livingwitheagle.org/t/best-imaging-for-es/1166/2 "2013-08-25T11:04:30Z")

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Hi,

I can touch my right styloid through the tonsillar fossa. It feels like a big, hard bone with a sharp edge. It lies precisely under the tissue of the throat. My left styloid is 5 mm beside the tissue and can not easily be felt.

Mine are about 3 cm long (CT With contrast but no 3D) but I think they must be much longer. Otherwise they can not be felt in the tonsillar fossa.

Hope my answer can help you a little bit. I do not recommend to touch the styloid in your throat because it hurts a lot. But..if you risk it and feel something hard and bony I think it is your "Eagle bone".

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**Author:** ![eagleeye](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex027/user_avatar/forum.livingwitheagle.org/eagleeye/32/92_2.png) [@eagleeye](https://forum.livingwitheagle.org/u/eagleeye)\
**Post date:** [February 22, 2014, 4:27am UTC](https://forum.livingwitheagle.org/t/best-imaging-for-es/1166/3 "2014-02-22T04:27:46Z")

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I also can feel mine. Mine is large enough that it looks like my tonsils where removed. My physician asked me if I had my tonsils out. I told her NO that is a elongated ligament that makes it look differently. The tissue sits differently back there now. It takes up the area my tonsil was. It feels like a straight solid bone with sharp tip at end. Some people gag trying to check this. I have been hearing people talk about 3D scan. I am still floored by how many health care providers have know idea about Eagles.