Pulsatile Tinnitus from Reversal of Flow in an Aberrant Occipital Artery: Resolved after Carotid Artery Stenting
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Pulsatile tinnitus from reversal of flow in an aberrant occipital artery: resolved after carotid artery stenting.
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 m...
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عنوان ژورنال: American Journal of Neuroradiology
سال: 2009
ISSN: 0195-6108,1936-959X
DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.a1393