title: Petrosquamosal sinus in the temporal bone as a cause of pulsatile tinnitus: a radiological detection.
abstract: We report a newly evidenced cause of venous pulsatile tinnitus--the petrosquamosal sinus in the temporal bone. We also present the case of a 45-year-old woman who presented with an incapacitating objective pulsatile tinnitus in the left ear for 10 years. The radiology evidenced a petrosquamosal sinus in the air cells of the left temporal bone. The symptoms of pulsatile tinnitus disappeared completely after surgical treatment.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Capital Medical University, Beijing Tongren Hospital, Beijing 100730, China. lzhtrhos@163.com
authors.forename: Zhaohui
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Chengfang
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Zhenchang
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Shusheng
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Gong
authors.forename: Junfang
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Xian
authors.forename: Xihong
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Liang
mesh_terms: D003392:Cranial Sinuses / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D011859:Radiography; D013701:Temporal Bone / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D014012:Tinnitus / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D016896:Treatment Outcome