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AJNR - American Journal of Neuroradiology

Published ahead of print on January 31, 2008
doi: 10.3174/ajnr.A0939

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American Journal of Neuroradiology 29:732-733, April 2008
© 2008 American Society of Neuroradiology

Case Report
HEAD & NECK

Resolution of Existing Intimal Plaque in a Patient with Carotidynia

J.K.H. Woo^a, A. Jhamb^a, M.K.S. Heran^a, M. Hurley^a and D. Graeb^a

^a From the Division of Neuroradiology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver General Hospital, Vancouver, BC, Canada

Please address correspondence to Douglas Graeb, MD, Division of Neuroradiology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver General Hospital, 855 West 12th Ave, Vancouver, BC, Canada V5Z 1M9; e-mail: doug.graeb{at}vch.ca

SUMMARY: We present a case of carotidynia that was imaged with 3 techniques: sonography, CT angiography, and gadolinium-enhanced MR imaging. We describe a previously unreported finding, the resolution of an intimal plaque noted on imaging at the time of initial presentation, presumably due to changes induced by the healing phase of the carotid inflammatory process.