1. Recurrent TransIent Perivascular Inflammation of the Carotid artery syndrome with temporary carotid plaque on ultrasonography: a case report
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Ariyuki Hori and Akiteru Takamura
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temporary carotid plaque ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Pathology ,Carotidynia ,unilateral neck pain ,Case Report ,Case Reports ,Fibromuscular dysplasia ,030218 nuclear medicine & medical imaging ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,medicine ,Neck pain ,business.industry ,General Medicine ,Arteriosclerosis ,medicine.disease ,Thrombosis ,Diagnosis of exclusion ,Dissection ,Giant cell arteritis ,ultrasonography diagnosis ,Radiology ,medicine.symptom ,business ,TIPIC syndrome ,030217 neurology & neurosurgery - Abstract
TransIent Perivascular Inflammation of the Carotid artery (TIPIC) syndrome is a syndrome with an unknown cause that is characterized by unilateral neck pain that improves spontaneously within a few weeks. It was first reported by Fay in 1927, and it was a controversial diagnosis 1, 2. The International Headache Society Classification Committee criteria for the diagnosis of idiopathic carotidynia indicate that at least one of the following is required overlying the carotid artery: tenderness, swelling, or increased pulsation. Studies have shown that it is a self‐limiting syndrome of
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- 2017
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