Tips for Transient Perivascular Inflammation of the Carotid Artery Syndrome

Idiopathic carotidynia, also known as transient perivascular inflammation of the carotid artery (TIPIC) syndrome, is a rare, self-limited, clinical-radiologic entity that is not often included during medical training and can be challenging to diagnose. The radiologic finding in isolation has a wide differential. It requires a combination of clinical, laboratory, and imaging findings for accurate diagnosis and management. Although well reported in the otolaryngology, radiology, and neurology literature, the entity is not as well reported in the emergency medicine literature.
Source: The Journal of Emergency Medicine - Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Tags: Clinical Communications: Adult Source Type: research