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Pulsatile tinnitus

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The clinical symptom of pulsatile tinnitus can occur from a number of causes. They include

vascular
- congenital
  - venous
  - arterial
- acquired
  - venous
    - benign intracranial hypertension
    - jugular venous stenosis
  - arterial
    - carotid occlusion/dissection
    - carotid arterial stenosis
    - dural arteriovenous fistula (dAVF)
    - caroticocavernous fistula
    - aneurysm of the petrous ICA ⁶
hypervascular tumours
- paraganglioma
  - glomus tympanicum
  - glomus jugulotympanicum

See also

tinnitus
- pulsatile tinnitus
- non-pulsatile tinnitus

~~-<li><a href="/articles/aberrant-internal-carotid-artery">aberrant internal carotid artery</a></li>~~
+<li><a href="/articles/aberrant-internal-carotid-artery">aberrant internal carotid artery (ICA)</a></li>
~~-<li>carotid occlusion / dissection</li>~~
+<li>carotid occlusion/<a title="Carotid dissection" href="/articles/internal-carotid-artery-dissection-1">dissection</a>
+</li>
~~-</ul><p>See also</p><ul><li>~~
+</ul><h4>See also</h4><ul><li>

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