Department of Neurology and Stroke Center, Centre Hospitalier de Versailles, Versailles, France; Department of Neurology, Gilbert and Rose-Marie Chagoury School of Medicine, Lebanese American University Medical Center, Beirut, Lebanon.
Department of Neurology and Stroke Center, Centre Hospitalier de Versailles, Versailles, France.
Rev Neurol (Paris). 2018 May;174(5):304-307. doi: 10.1016/j.neurol.2018.01.367. Epub 2018 Apr 16.
Transient perivascular inflammation of the carotid artery (TIPIC) syndrome, previously referred to as 'carotidynia', is an unclassified clinicoradiological entity associating atypical acute neck pain, eccentric perivascular infiltration on imaging and improvement of symptoms either spontaneously or with anti-inflammatory treatment. This case report presents a patient with TIPIC syndrome who underwent five different types of imaging modality, including contrast-enhanced ultrasonography (CEUS) of the carotids, and describes the CEUS appearances of TIPIC syndrome.
颈动脉一过性血管周围炎症(TIPIC)综合征,以前称为“颈动脉痛”,是一种未分类的临床放射学实体,其特征为非典型性急性颈痛、影像学上偏心性血管周围浸润以及症状自发或抗炎治疗后改善。本病例报告介绍了一位 TIPIC 综合征患者,该患者接受了五种不同类型的影像学检查,包括颈动脉对比增强超声(CEUS),并描述了 TIPIC 综合征的 CEUS 表现。