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pulsatile tinnitus
Etiology:
- vascular disorders resulting in turbulent blood flow
a) head & neck tumor compressing blood vessel
b) vascular neoplasm
c) atherosclerosis
- carotid artery stenosis
- jugular vein thrombosis
- cerebral venous thrombosis; dural sinus thrombosis
- arteriovenous malformation (generally unilateral)
- pseudotumor cerebri
Clinical manifestations:
- may be described as 'hearing my heartbeat in my head'
- whoosing sound in one or both years
- hypertension may exacerbate
- repositioning the head usually may relieve the tinnutus
Management: see tinnitus
General
tinnitus
References
- Medical Knowledge Self Assessment Program (MKSAP) 15, 18.
American College of Physicians, Philadelphia 2009, 2018.
- MayoClinic.com
http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/tinnitus/DS00365