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Carotidynia Possibly due to Localized Vasculitis in a Patient with Latent Mycobacterium tuberculosis Infection
Joint Authors
Sebastiani, Marco
Manfredi, Andreina
Cassone, Giulia
Colaci, Michele
Ferri, Clodoveo
Giuggioli, Dilia
Source
Case Reports in Vascular Medicine
Issue
Vol. 2013, Issue 2013 (31 Dec. 2013), pp.1-3, 3 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2013-12-02
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
3
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Carotidynia is a syndrome characterized by tenderness of the carotid artery near the bifurcation due to numerous, heterogeneous causes.
Here we reported the case of a 31-year-old Moroccan woman with right-sided neck pain and tenderness with irradiation to ipsilateral ear, eye, and occipital region.
Clinical symptoms and imaging findings were suggestive of primary variant of carotidynia syndrome.
In particular, color-Doppler ultrasonography revealed a concentric wall thickening of the distal common carotid artery, while thoracic magnetic resonance showed localized perivascular enhancement of the soft tissue in the right medial-distal common carotid artery in T1-weighted images, without intraluminal diameter variation.
Moreover, careful clinicoserological and imaging investigations (cranial, cervical, and thoracic angiocomputed tomography and magnetic resonance) excluded well-known disorders potentially responsible for carotidynia syndrome.
The patient was scarcely responsive to nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, but clinical symptoms resolved after three months.
Of interest, the patient showed latent Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection (positive tuberculosis interferon-gamma release assay; QuantiFERON-TB Gold); this finding suggested a possible triggering role of mycobacterial antigens in the immune-mediated mechanism responsible for localized carotid injury.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Cassone, Giulia& Colaci, Michele& Giuggioli, Dilia& Manfredi, Andreina& Sebastiani, Marco& Ferri, Clodoveo. 2013. Carotidynia Possibly due to Localized Vasculitis in a Patient with Latent Mycobacterium tuberculosis Infection. Case Reports in Vascular Medicine،Vol. 2013, no. 2013, pp.1-3.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
Cassone, Giulia…[et al.]. Carotidynia Possibly due to Localized Vasculitis in a Patient with Latent Mycobacterium tuberculosis Infection. Case Reports in Vascular Medicine No. 2013 (2013), pp.1-3.
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American Medical Association (AMA)
Cassone, Giulia& Colaci, Michele& Giuggioli, Dilia& Manfredi, Andreina& Sebastiani, Marco& Ferri, Clodoveo. Carotidynia Possibly due to Localized Vasculitis in a Patient with Latent Mycobacterium tuberculosis Infection. Case Reports in Vascular Medicine. 2013. Vol. 2013, no. 2013, pp.1-3.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-482881
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-482881