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Erschienen in: Wiener klinische Wochenschrift 3-4/2015

01.02.2015 | case report

A pain in the throat: a 19-year history of symptoms relating to the carotid artery

verfasst von: Ashleigh Elkins, A/Prof Michael Barakate, BSc (Med), MBBS, M. Surg, FRACS, Jasmine Henderson, BSc, PhD, Stuart Grieve, MBBS, BSc (Hons), DPhil (Oxon), FRANZCR

Erschienen in: Wiener klinische Wochenschrift | Ausgabe 3-4/2015

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Summary

A 38-year-old man presented with a 19-year history of sore throat and an ache radiating from the centre of the anterior neck to the both ears and the occiput. Computed tomography angiography revealed a tortuous submucosal right internal carotid artery, which was causing tonsillar displacement. The diagnosis of carotidynia has a controversial history within the literature and is currently not accepted as a distinct pathological entity by the International Headache Society. In this patient, the clinical and imaging features, in addition to the absence of any other pathology confers support to the diagnosis of carotidynia.
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Metadaten
Titel
A pain in the throat: a 19-year history of symptoms relating to the carotid artery
verfasst von
Ashleigh Elkins
A/Prof Michael Barakate, BSc (Med), MBBS, M. Surg, FRACS
Jasmine Henderson, BSc, PhD
Stuart Grieve, MBBS, BSc (Hons), DPhil (Oxon), FRANZCR
Publikationsdatum
01.02.2015
Verlag
Springer Vienna
Erschienen in
Wiener klinische Wochenschrift / Ausgabe 3-4/2015
Print ISSN: 0043-5325
Elektronische ISSN: 1613-7671
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00508-014-0633-2

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