Pulsatile Tinnitus due to a Tortuous Siphon-Like Internal Carotid Artery Successfully Treated by Arterial Remodeling

A patient is described with a right-sided tortuous siphon-like extracranial internal carotid artery leading to highly distressing ipsilateral heart beat synchronous pulsatile tinnitus, scoring 9/10 measuring loudness. Dilating the balloon during the occlusion test in or distal to the siphon-like ano...

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Main Authors: Dirk De Ridder, Sven Vanneste, Tomas Menovsky
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2013-01-01
Series:Case Reports in Otolaryngology
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/938787