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carotidynia
unilateral tenderness of the carotid artery
Etiology:
- migraine (most common)
- carotid arteritis (form of giant cell arteritis)
General
syndrome
References
- Wikipedia: Carotidynia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carotidynia
- Comacchio F et al
Carotidynia: new aspects of a controversial entity.
Acta Otorhinolaryngol Ital. Aug 2012; 32(4): 266-269
PMID: 23093819
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3468931/
- Famuly Practice Notebook. Carotodynia
http://www.fpnotebook.com/cv/sx/Crtdyn.htm