Idiopathic Carotidynia. (April 2017)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Policha, Aleksandra; Williams, David; Adelman, Mark; Veith, Frank; Cayne, Neal S.
• Is Part Of: Vascular & endovascular surgery. Volume 51:Number 3(2017)
• Page Start: 149
• Page End: 151
• Publication Date: 2017-04
• Subjects: carotidynia -- carotid artery -- ultrasound; Blood-vessels -- Surgery -- Periodicals; Blood-vessels -- Endoscopic surgery -- Periodicals; Vascular Surgical Procedures -- Periodicals; Angioplasty -- Periodicals; Surgical Procedures, Minimally Invasive -- Periodicals; Vascular Diseases -- surgery -- Periodicals; Vaisseaux sanguins -- Chirurgie -- Périodiques; Vaisseaux sanguins -- Chirurgie endoscopique -- Périodiques; 617.41
• DOI: 10.1177/1538574417697212
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1538-5744

Abstract

Idiopathic carotidynia is a syndrome characterized by pain and tenderness over the carotid artery without an associated structural luminal abnormality. Controversy exists over whether this is a distinct disease entity or merely a symptom attributable to other causes of neck pain, such as carotid dissection or vasculitis. A 50-year-old woman presented with sudden-onset right neck pain. Imaging studies demonstrated transmural inflammation of the proximal internal carotid artery, without evidence of intraluminal pathology. The patient was placed on low-dose aspirin and ibuprofen. Her symptoms resolved within a week. At 3-month follow-up, her carotid artery appeared normal on duplex ultrasonography.