Burkitt Lymphoma as a Cause of Carotidynia: Imaging Features

Pina, Sofia; Battal, Bilal; Castillo, Maurício

doi:10.1177/197140091302600102

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“…The bilaterality of the carotidynia in our patient suggests that the patient may have had a proclivity to develop this entity. There are three cases in the literature that describe carotidynia occurring in patients with malignancy (one with leukemia, one with invasive ductal carcinoma of the breast, and one with lymphoma) who were receiving concomitant chemotherapy [13][14][15]. Additionally, there is a case in the literature of vasculitis involving the aortic arch and its branches during the first cycle of chemotherapy [16].…”

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CT findings in a patient with bilateral metachronous carotidynia

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CT findings in a patient with bilateral metachronous carotidynia

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“…Other IC cases have been described in patients undergoing chemotherapy for Burkitt lymphoma and in patients affected by infectious conditions, such as latent tuberculosis or laryngopharyngeal infection [ 11 – 13 ]. However, a causal relationship between the underlying condition and IC could not be proven [ 11 , 12 ].…”

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Carotidynia: A Rare Diagnosis for Unilateral Neck Pain Revealed by Cross-Sectional Imaging

Santarosa

Stefanelli

Sztajzel

et al. 2017

Case Reports in Radiology

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Idiopathic carotidynia (IC) is a rare and poorly understood syndrome consisting of unilateral neck pain, tenderness, and increased pulsations over the affected carotid bifurcation. A growing body of evidence supports the hypothesis that IC is a distinct clinicopathologic entity with characteristic imaging features. We report the case of a 34-year-old Caucasian male presenting with intense unilateral neck pain in the emergency setting. Computed tomography and ultrasonography revealed fusiform eccentric thickening of the ipsilateral carotid bifurcation without vessel narrowing. Contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging depicted major perivascular enhancement without evidence of dissection. Further imaging and laboratory work-up excluded vasculitis. The diagnosis of IC was made. The patient was treated with nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs and symptoms and imaging findings disappeared within a few weeks. Cross-sectional imaging allows not only ruling out IC mimickers but also making the correct diagnosis of this rare condition, in particular, as the clinical presentation of IC is often nonspecific.

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“…Multiple possible etiologies were reported over the years: postchemotherapy [ 3 , 4 ], Burkitt's lymphoma [ 5 ], heralding the onset of acute leukemia [ 6 ], or fluoxetine-induced [ 7 ]. Here, we describe a case of TIPIC syndrome associated with an mRNA-based COVID-19 vaccination.…”

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Relapsing TIPIC Syndrome after Administration of an mRNA-Based COVID-19 Vaccine

Sandu,

Weisser,

Krämer

et al. 2023

Case Reports in Vascular Medicine

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Reported vascular complications following mRNA-based COVID-19 vaccines are consisting of myocarditis, cerebral venous thrombosis, cerebral vascular thrombosis, and vaccine-induced thrombocytopenia. Here, we describe a case of a 49-year-old woman with left-sided pain above the middle common carotid artery (carotidynia) starting a few days after her second vaccination with an mRNA-based COVID-19 vaccine (Spikevax). Imaging was indicative of transient perivascular inflammation of the carotid artery (TIPIC) syndrome. The diagnostic workup for other immunologically mediated diseases was negative. The inflammation subsided after a course of prednisone and aspirin, and clinical symptoms vanished, but later mildly relapsed in the context of a viral upper respiratory tract infection other than SARS-CoV-2. Carotidynia because of TIPIC syndrome may present as an immunogenic side effect of the newly developed mRNA-based vaccinations against COVID-19. TIPIC syndrome should be considered in new-onset neck pain after vaccination.

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Burkitt Lymphoma as a Cause of Carotidynia: Imaging Features

Abstract: We describe a patient with Burkitt lymphoma who developed carotidynia. MRI showed thickening of the walls of both common carotid arteries and PET CT showed increased radiotracer uptake in the same regions. MRI was essential in establishing the diagnosis of this rare clinical presentation.

Cited by 10 publications

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CT findings in a patient with bilateral metachronous carotidynia

CT findings in a patient with bilateral metachronous carotidynia

Carotidynia: A Rare Diagnosis for Unilateral Neck Pain Revealed by Cross-Sectional Imaging

Relapsing TIPIC Syndrome after Administration of an mRNA-Based COVID-19 Vaccine

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