Idiopathic carotidynia

Vasa. 2014 Jul;43(4):287-92. doi: 10.1024/0301-1526/a000365.

Authors

Franz Hafner¹, Gerald Hackl¹, Elke Haas¹, Philipp Eller¹, Christian Gstettner², Robert Vollmann³, Marianne Brodmann¹

Affiliations

¹ Medical University, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Angiology, Graz, Austria.
² Medical University, Department of Radiology, Division of Nuclear Medicine, Graz, Austria.
³ Medical University, Department of Radiology, Graz, Austria.

PMID: 25007908
DOI: 10.1024/0301-1526/a000365

No abstract available

Keywords: 18F-FDG PET/CT; Carotidynia syndrome; vasculitis.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Anti-Inflammatory Agents / therapeutic use
Carotid Artery, Common* / diagnostic imaging
Carotid Artery, Common* / pathology
Female
Humans
Inflammation / classification
Inflammation / diagnosis*
Inflammation / drug therapy
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Middle Aged
Multimodal Imaging
Pain / classification
Pain / diagnosis*
Pain / drug therapy
Pain Measurement
Positron-Emission Tomography
Predictive Value of Tests
Prednisolone / therapeutic use
Terminology as Topic
Time Factors
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
Treatment Outcome
Ultrasonography, Doppler, Duplex

Substances

Anti-Inflammatory Agents
Prednisolone