title: Imaging contribution for the diagnosis of carotidynia.
abstract: Carotidynia is a condition characterized by tenderness of the carotid artery and ipsilateral neck pain, eventually aggravated by head movements, swallowing, coughing and sneezing. We report a 52-year-old male presenting cervical pain associated with localized tenderness and reversible structural changes of the common carotid wall, emphasizing the applicability of the diagnostic imaging methods for the presumptive diagnosis of carotidynia in the appropriate clinical context.
authors.affiliation: Santa Casa de São Paulo, Fleury Medicina Diagnostica, São Paulo, Brazil.
authors.forename: Antonio Jose
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: da Rocha
authors.forename: Eduardo Hideki
authors.initials: EH
authors.lastname: Tokura
authors.forename: André Paciello
authors.initials: AP
authors.lastname: Romualdo
authors.forename: Mathias
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Fatio
authors.forename: Hugo Pereira Pinto
authors.initials: HP
authors.lastname: Gama
mesh_terms: D002340:Carotid Artery Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology*; D017536:Carotid Artery, Common / Q000473:pathology*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D019547:Neck Pain / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D014465:Ultrasonics