Pulsatile tinnitus: three cases of arteriovenous fistula treated by ligation of the occipital artery.
Pulsatile tinnitus resulting from an abnormal communication between the occipital artery and the transverse or lateral sinus is a rare clinical entity. We report three cases which presented over a period of three years who had such abnormalities demonstrated angiographically and were cured of their symptoms by exploration and ligation of the occipital artery.
Courteney-Harris
R G
RG
ENT Department, Norfolk & Norwich Hospital.
Ford
G R
GR
Innes
A J
AJ
Colin
J F
JF
D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D002538:Intracranial Arteriovenous Malformations / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery; D008026:Ligation; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011673:Pulsatile Flow / Q000502:physiology; D014012:Tinnitus / Q000209:etiology*