Systematic Chart Review of Carotidynia Patients
Completed
- Conditions
- Carotidynia
- Registration Number
- NCT02900872
- Lead Sponsor
- Fondation Ophtalmologique Adolphe de Rothschild
- Brief Summary
Systematic retrospective study of medical charts and medical imaging files, of patients consulting for acute neck pain and presenting unclassified abnormalities on dedicated vessel imaging.
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- COMPLETED
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 14
Inclusion Criteria
- acute cervical tenderness or neck pain fulfilling the characteristics of an idiopathic neck pain syndrome as defined by the International Headache Society in 1988
- the performing of a diagnostic imaging like MRI, CT or US of the cervical area with a dedicated vessel analysis
- unilateral or bilateral abnormalities of common carotid, carotid bifurcation or internal carotid arteries on dedicated vessel imaging.
Exclusion Criteria
- patients without imaging, or without dedicated vessel analysis
- patients presenting with pain caused by a clearly identified vascular disease on dedicated vessel analysis imaging such as carotid occlusion, carotid dissection, vasculitis like giant cell arteritis.
- patients with no abnormality on cervical or vessel imaging
Study & Design
- Study Type
- OBSERVATIONAL
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Presence or absence of perivascular carotid artery enlargement on dedicated vessel imaging Within 1 week following admission
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method