ArticleCase reports in radiology2017
Carotidynia: A Rare Diagnosis for Unilateral Neck Pain Revealed by Cross-Sectional Imaging.
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- Case Report: Transient perivascular inflammation of the carotid artery syndrome: a rare etiology of self-limiting carotidynia.Frontiers in immunology · 2026Review
- Carotidynia: Nonsteroidal Anti-inflammatory Drug Treatment Resulting in Symptom Resolution Within Weeks.Cureus · 2025Article
- Magnetic resonance and ultrasound imaging of a patient with carotydinia.Radiology case reports · 2024Article
- Carotidynia presenting as an atypical cause of unilateral neck pain in the emergency department.Oxford medical case reports · 2023Article
- "TransIent perivascular inflammation of the carotid artery (TIPIC) syndrome" as a rare case of laterocervical pain: Multimodal diagnosis.Radiology case reports · 2022Article
- TIPIC-A Newly Recognized Syndrome: Multimodality Imaging of a Rare Clinicoradiological Entity.The Indian journal of radiology & imaging · 2021Article
- Transient perivascular inflammation of the carotid artery; a rare cause of intense neck pain.BJR case reports · 2019Article
- Pathology of the carotid space.Insights into imaging · 2019Review
- Carotidynia.Journal of postgraduate medicineArticle
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Abstract
Idiopathic carotidynia (IC) is a rare and poorly understood syndrome consisting of unilateral neck pain, tenderness, and increased pulsations over the affected carotid bifurcation. A growing body of evidence supports the hypothesis that IC is a distinct clinicopathologic entity with characteristic imaging features. We report the case of a 34-year-old Caucasian male presenting with intense unilateral neck pain in the emergency setting. Computed tomography and ultrasonography revealed fusiform eccentric thickening of the ipsilateral carotid bifurcation without vessel narrowing. Contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging depicted major perivascular enhancement without evidence of dissection. Further imaging and laboratory work-up excluded vasculitis. The diagnosis of IC was made. The patient was treated with nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs and symptoms and imaging findings disappeared within a few weeks. Cross-sectional imaging allows not only ruling out IC mimickers but also making the correct diagnosis of this rare condition, in particular, as the clinical presentation of IC is often nonspecific.
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