TY - JOUR T1 - Pulsatile Tinnitus from Reversal of Flow in an Aberrant Occipital Artery: Resolved after Carotid Artery Stenting JF - American Journal of Neuroradiology JO - Am. J. Neuroradiol. SP - 995 LP - 997 DO - 10.3174/ajnr.A1393 VL - 30 IS - 5 AU - P.O. Cowley AU - R. Jones AU - P. Tuch AU - W. McAuliffe Y1 - 2009/05/01 UR - http://www.ajnr.org/content/30/5/995.abstract N2 - SUMMARY: Carotid artery stent placement, performed for correction of an asymptomatic severe stenosis, leads to the resolution of persistent and troublesome pulsatile tinnitus. Tinnitus has been reported as a consequence of severe carotid stenoses on previous occasions. This case highlights how an aberrant occipital artery originating above a carotid artery stenosis can result in flow reversal and be a mechanism by which tinnitus may develop. ER -