Table 1.

Differential diagnosis of diseases causing unilateral neck pain apart from TIPIC syndrome

Non-vascular causes	Vascular causes
Infection of the pharynx, oral cavity, salivary glands	Carotid aneurysm
Deep neck abscess	Carotid body tumour
Lymphadenitis	Carotid dissection
Thyroiditis	Acute carotid occlusion
Migraine type of headache	Fibromuscular dysplasia
Neuralgia of the trigeminal nerve	Vessel wall or intraplaque haematoma
Tumours of the head and neck region
Temporomandibular joint syndrome
Cervical spondylosis
Eagle syndrome