CT findings in a patient with bilateral metachronous carotidynia

Joseph Y. Young; Tarek A. Hijaz; Achilles G. Karagianis

doi:10.1016/j.clinimag.2014.12.001

CT findings in a patient with bilateral metachronous carotidynia

Joseph Y. Young^*, Tarek A. Hijaz, Achilles G. Karagianis

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Abstract

Carotidynia is a self-limiting, idiopathic clinical syndrome characterized by acute unilateral neck pain and tenderness of the carotid artery. We describe a unique case of bilateral carotidynia that occurred metachronously, with each incident resolving without long-term sequelae. Knowledge of this entity is important to properly interpret the imaging findings and to not mistake this finding as an ill-defined tumor, thus avoiding unnecessary biopsy.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	305-307
Number of pages	3
Journal	Clinical Imaging
Volume	39
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.clinimag.2014.12.001
State	Published - Mar 1 2015

Keywords

CT
Carotidynia
Inflammation
Neck
Pain

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Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging

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