title: Pulsatile tinnitus: three cases of arteriovenous fistula treated by ligation of the occipital artery.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: ENT Department, Norfolk & Norwich Hospital.
authors.forename: R G
authors.initials: RG
authors.lastname: Courteney-Harris
authors.forename: G R
authors.initials: GR
authors.lastname: Ford
authors.forename: A J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Innes
authors.forename: J F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Colin
mesh_terms: 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*