RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
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.
FD American Society of Neuroradiology
SP 995
OP 997
DO 10.3174/ajnr.A1393
VO 30
IS 5
A1 Cowley, P.O.
A1 Jones, R.
A1 Tuch, P.
A1 McAuliffe, W.
YR 2009
UL http://www.ajnr.org/content/30/5/995.abstract
AB 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.