title: Contralateral recurrence of carotidynia during steroid therapy.
abstract: A 44-year-old woman presented with contralateral recurrence of carotidynia during steroid therapy at 1 month after onset. Carotidynia can present with a multiphasic clinical course and can affect the neck bilaterally. Therefore, patients with carotidynia should be observed even after remission.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Saiseikai Kumamoto Hospital, Kumamoto, Japan. Electronic address: y.inatomix@silk.ocn.ne.jp.
authors.forename: Yuichiro
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Inatomi
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Saiseikai Kumamoto Hospital, Kumamoto, Japan; Division of Neurology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
authors.forename: Makoto
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nakajima
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Saiseikai Kumamoto Hospital, Kumamoto, Japan.
authors.forename: Toshiro
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yonehara
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine III, Faculty of Medicine, Oita University, Oita, Japan.
authors.forename: Teruyuki
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hirano
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000893:Anti-Inflammatory Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D002339:Carotid Arteries / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D002340:Carotid Artery Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000503:physiopathology*; D005260:Female; D007839:Functional Laterality / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D019547:Neck Pain / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology*; D011239:Prednisolone / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D012008:Recurrence; D014463:Ultrasonography
chemical_list: D000893:Anti-Inflammatory Agents; D011239:Prednisolone