Pulsatile tinnitus from intracranial venous abnormalities is an uncommon cause of pulse synchronous tinnitus. Endovascular therapies may have applications in many of these disease conditions. They have the advantage of…
Key points • Intracranial dural arteriovenous fistulae (DAVF) are pathologic shunts between dural arteries to dural veins or a venous sinus and are an important cause of pulsatile tinnitus. •…
Key points • Most patients with objective tinnitus, whether pulse-synchronous or not, will have an identifiable and frequently treatable cause. • Venous etiologies of pulse-synchronous tinnitus are the most common….
Venous anomalies are the most commonly identified abnormality by imaging in the work-up for pulse synchronous tinnitus. Potential diagnoses include idiopathic intracranial hypertension, sigmoid sinus wall anomalies, transverse and sigmoid…
Key points • Tinnitus is the unwanted perception of sound in the absence of an external stimulus, and is classified by whether the sound is perceived by the patient alone,…
The clinical evaluation of patients with tinnitus differs based on whether the tinnitus is subjective or objective. Subjective tinnitus is usually associated with a hearing loss, and therefore, the clinical…
Tinnitus is a consequence of changes in auditory and nonauditory neural networks following damage to the cochlea. Homeostatic compensatory mechanisms occur after hearing loss and these mechanisms alter the balance…
Prashant Raghavan, MBBS, Editor Dheeraj Gandhi, MBBS, MD, Editor Tinnitus is not merely ringing in the ears. It is a condition that has distressed many a great mind—from the Spanish…
Cerebellar involvement by infectious-inflammatory conditions is rare in children. Most patients present with acute ataxia, and are typically previously healthy, young (often preschool) children. Viral involvement is the most common…
