Carotidynia With Carotid Arterial Thrombosis
Authors: Hiroki Matsubara, Kyosuke Takeshita, Shigeo Nakamura, Toyoaki Murohara, Shigeru Miyachi
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (2012)

Letters18 December 2012Carotidynia With Carotid Arterial ThrombosisHiroki Matsubara, BSc, Kyosuke Takeshita, MD, PhD, Shigeo Nakamura, MD, PhD, Toyoaki Murohara, MD, PhD, and Shigeru Miyachi, MD, PhDHiroki Matsubara, BScFrom Nagoya University Hospital, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya 466-8550, Japan., Kyosuke Takeshita, MD, PhDFrom Nagoya University Hospital, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya 466-8550, Japan., Shigeo Nakamura, MD, PhDFrom Nagoya University Hospital, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya 466-8550, Japan., Toyoaki Murohara, MD, PhDFrom Nagoya University Hospital, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya 466-8550, Japan., and Shigeru Miyachi, MD, PhDFrom Nagoya University Hospital, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya 466-8550, Japan.Author, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-157-12-201212180-00020 SectionsAboutFull TextPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail Background: Carotidynia is unilateral neck pain associated with tenderness to palpation over the carotid bifurcation (1–3). Case reports of this rare condition show fairly consistent magnetic resonance imaging and computed tomographic (CT) findings suggestive of carotid inflammation around the distal common carotid artery and carotid bulb (2–5).Objective: To report a case of carotidynia with carotid artery thrombosis, which, to our knowledge, has not been previously reported.Case Report: In March 2012, a 60-year-old man with a 1-month history of continuous right focal neck pain, amaurosis fugax, and tenderness to palpation over the right carotid bifurcation without fever or other ...References1. Hill LM, Hastings G. Carotidynia: a pain syndrome. J Fam Pract. 1994;39:71-5. [PMID: 8027735] MedlineGoogle Scholar2. Stanbro M, Gray BH, Kellicut DC. Carotidynia: revisiting an unfamiliar entity. Ann Vasc Surg. 2011;25:1144-53. [PMID: 22023945] CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar3. Headache Classification Subcommittee of the International Headache Society. The International Classification of Headache Disorders: 2nd edition. Cephalalgia. 2004;24 Suppl 1 9-160. [PMID: 14979299] MedlineGoogle Scholar4. Woo JK, Jhamb A, Heran MK, Hurley M, Graeb D. Resolution of existing intimal plaque in a patient with carotidynia. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol. 2008;29:732-3. [PMID: 18238843] CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar5. Upton PD, Smith JG, Charnock DR. Histologic confirmation of carotidynia. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2003;129:443-4. [PMID: 14574303] CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: From Nagoya University Hospital, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya 466-8550, Japan.Disclosures: None disclosed. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited ByEmbolic Stroke due to Carotidynia Potentially Associated with Moving Carotid Artery Caused by SwallowingCarotidynia presenting with acute ischemic stroke after carotid sinus massageCarotidynia with carotid arterial thrombosis: missing link between inflammation and thrombosis 18 December 2012Volume 157, Issue 12Page: 917-919KeywordsBlindnessCarotid arteriesComputed axial tomographyInflammationLesionsLymph nodesMagnetic resonance imagingStenosisThrombosisVasculitis ePublished: 18 December 2012 Issue Published: 18 December 2012 CopyrightCopyright © 2012 by American College of Physicians. All Rights Reserved.PDF DownloadLoading ...