An arteriovenous fistula causing pulsatile tinnitus: acute management with endovascular embolization
Deniz Avcı1, Furkan Şan2, Serkan Şenol3, Alperen Vural2, İsmail Külahlı2
1Patnos Devlet Hastanesi, Kulak Burun Boğaz Hastalıkları Kliniği, Ağrı, Türkiye
2Erciyes Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi, Kulak Burun Boğaz Hastalıkları Anabilim Dalı, Kayseri, Türkiye
3Erciyes Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi, Radyoloji Anabilim Dalı, Kayseri, Türkiye
Keywords: Angiography, arteriovenous fistula, embolization, pulsatile tinnitus.
Abstract
Tinnitus is the sensation of the sounds without any external auditory stimulus. Tinnitus is a symptom of different diseases, rather than an isolated pathology. A 32-year-old male patient was admitted to our clinic with a complaint of acute-onset and increasing pulsatile tinnitus. A high-flow arteriovenous fistula supplied by the left occipital artery and drained into the sigmoid sinus was detected. The lesion was treated by endovascular embolization. This article highlights the particular importance of radiological examinations in the diagnosis and treatment of acute-onset and increasing tinnitus.