Pulsatile tinnitus: treatment with clonazepam and propranolol.
Pulsatile tinnitus synchronous with heartbeat is rare and normally has vascular origin: arterial (malformation, arterial anatomical variation) or venous (aberrant jugular bulb, glomus tumors, tympanic glomus tumor). Early etiology identification is essential for appropriate treatment to be established. Magnetic angioresonance makes the vascular identification possible and precise. We report a case of arterial anatomical variation in which the treatment was propranolol and clonazepam, showing tinnitus improvement.
Albertino
Sergio
S
Universidade Federal Fluminense.
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Aída R M de
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Souza
Jano A
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D000319:Adrenergic beta-Antagonists / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D001488:Basilar Artery / Q000473:pathology; D002998:Clonazepam / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D018757:GABA Modulators / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011433:Propranolol / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D014012:Tinnitus / Q000188:drug therapy*; D014711:Vertebral Artery / Q000473:pathology
D000319:Adrenergic beta-Antagonists; D018757:GABA Modulators; D002998:Clonazepam; D011433:Propranolol