1. Long-term clinical and ultrasound follow-up after transient perivascular inflammation of the carotid artery (TIPIC) syndrome: a multicenter study.
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Obadia, Michael, Nasr, Nathalie, Volle, Geoffroy, Charbonneau, Frédérique, Guillaume, Jessica, Naggara, Olivier, Sadik, Jean Claude, and Lecler, Augustin
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CAROTID artery , *ARTERITIS , *ULTRASONIC imaging , *CAROTID endarterectomy , *CAROTID intima-media thickness , *DISEASE complications , *SYNDROMES - Abstract
Background: The present study aimed to describe the clinical and ultrasound (US) long-term follow-up of patients with transient perivascular inflammation of the carotid artery (TIPIC) syndrome and the risk of recurrence. Methods: We enrolled patients with a definitive diagnosis of TIPIC syndrome who were included in a retrospective multicenter study. These patients were recontacted at least six months after the first TIPIC episode for a clinical and imaging follow-up. Each patient underwent a clinical evaluation through a tailored questionnaire as well as US imaging. Results: Twenty-eight patients were enrolled with a median follow-up of 58.7 months (interquartile range = 8–121). Nineteen out of the 28 patients (67.8%) had residual pain, eight (28.6%) had experienced a clinical recurrence and 12 (42.9%) had a thickening of the carotid wall on US. No patients had neurological complication or other associated diseases. Conclusions: Patients with TIPIC syndrome have often residual pain and recurrence in about one quarter of cases but the long-term follow-up is in favor a benign self-limited pathology. Trial registration: ClinicalTrials.gov (identifier NCT03804112) [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2024
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