title: A new therapeutic procedure for treatment of objective venous pulsatile tinnitus.
abstract: Pulsatile tinnitus usually means a turbulent flow within the vessels. We describe a 54-year-old man with a disabling objective pulsatile tinnitus due to a diverticulum of the sigmoid sinus toward the ipsilateral mastoid. We performed a surgical intervention via the endovascular route using coils to obliterate the diverticulum and a stent to avoid coil migration. The patient had a complete and immediate remission of the pulsatile tinnitus. This procedure has been described only in arterial circulation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology, University of São Paulo School of Medicine, São Paulo, Brazil. tanitgs@attglobal.net
authors.forename: Tanit Ganz
authors.initials: TG
authors.lastname: Sanchez
authors.forename: Márcia
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Murao
authors.forename: Italo Roberto Torres
authors.initials: IR
authors.lastname: de Medeiros
authors.forename: Márcia
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kii
authors.forename: Ricardo Ferreira
authors.initials: RF
authors.lastname: Bento
authors.forename: José Guilherme
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Caldas
authors.forename: Carlos Alberto
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Alvarez
authors.forename: Carlos Henrique
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Raggiotto
mesh_terms: D002533:Cerebral Angiography; D002561:Cerebrovascular Disorders / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D003392:Cranial Sinuses / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D004240:Diverticulum / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007601:Jugular Veins / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011673:Pulsatile Flow; D015607:Stents; D014012:Tinnitus / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed