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CT Imaging Features of Carotidynia: A Case Report
Author(s) -
Park Ji Kang,
Choi Jay Cheol,
Kim Bong Soo,
Choi Gukmyung,
Kim Seung Hyung
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
journal of neuroimaging
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.822
H-Index - 64
eISSN - 1552-6569
pISSN - 1051-2284
DOI - 10.1111/j.1552-6569.2007.00232.x
Subject(s) - medicine , carotid bifurcation , thickening , radiology , limiting , computed tomography , denial , stenosis , mechanical engineering , psychology , chemistry , polymer science , psychoanalysis , engineering
Despite denial as a disease entity, carotidynia had shown relatively concordant imaging finding as an inflammatory process surrounding the carotid bifurcation area. We report serial computed tomography (CT) images of a case with carotidynia that showed the layered thickening of the carotid wall with self‐limiting disease course.