Styloid process is a slender, pointed bone of variable length, which project downward, forward and slightly medialward from the posteroinferior portion of the tympanic part of the temporal bone. Elongation of the styloid process is not rare, comprising, depending upon various report, from 4% to as high as 28%. Styloid syndrome due to the elongation, however, is comparatively rare. Authors have come across a woman, 46 years of age, who had been suffering from vague, right-sided, pharyngeal discomfort of a long duration. Palpation on the right tonsillar fossa has revealed a prominent bony tip on the lower one third of the anterior pilla. Radiography showed a long styloid process. Operation the technique of which was described by Eagle was performed and she was freed from the symptoms without funther complication.