Imaging contribution for the diagnosis of carotidynia.
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.
da Rocha
Antonio Jose
AJ
Santa Casa de São Paulo, Fleury Medicina Diagnostica, São Paulo, Brazil.
Tokura
Eduardo Hideki
EH
Romualdo
André Paciello
AP
Fatio
Mathias
M
Gama
Hugo Pereira Pinto
HP
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