Successful endovascular treatment of pulsatile tinnitus caused by a sigmoid sinus aneurysm. A case report and review of the literature.
We describe the case of a 48-year-old woman who presented with a sigmoid sinus aneurysm. These rare entities have only recently been described in the literature and the ideal treatment approach has not been elucidated. This report represents additional evidence in a growing body of literature that suggests that endovascular therapy is a safe and effective therapeutic alternative to surgical reconstruction of the sigmoid sinus in selected cases of intractable pulsatile tinnitus.
Gard
A P
AP
Section of Neurosurgery, Department of Surgery, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska, USA - apgard@unmc.edu.
Klopper
H B
HB
Thorell
W E
WE
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