Case Report
Case Report: Carotidynia Correlated to Cancer Treatment?
David Askmyr* and Fredrik Tjernström
Published: 10 October, 2023 | Volume 7 - Issue 3 | Pages: 050-052
Carotidynia refers to an idiopathic, self-limiting, benign condition of head and neck pain emanating from a tender carotid artery. We report a case where a patient presenting with carotidynia combined with fever elevated white blood count and C-reactive protein (CRP), nine days after treatment with chemotherapy (paclitaxel-carboplatin) and granulocyte-colony stimulating factor (G-CSF). The condition resolved after treatment with glucocorticoids in combination with antibiotics. The radiological findings were congruent with caritodynia and the conclusion from the case was that the anti-cancer treatment was causative, supported by the literature reviewed, although paclitaxel has previously not been implicated.
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Keywords:
Carotidynia; Neck pain; Chemotherapy; G-CSF
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