title: Burkitt lymphoma as a cause of carotidynia: imaging features. A case report.
abstract: We describe a patient with Burkitt lymphoma who developed carotidynia. MRI showed thickening of the walls of both common carotid arteries and PET CT showed increased radiotracer uptake in the same regions. MRI was essential in establishing the diagnosis of this rare clinical presentation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA. sofiapina@mail.com
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Pina
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Battal
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Castillo
mesh_terms: D002051:Burkitt Lymphoma / Q000150:complications*; D002339:Carotid Arteries / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D002340:Carotid Artery Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D018810:Magnetic Resonance Angiography; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed