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

vascular
- congenital
  
  venous
  
  dehiscent jugular bulb
  
  high riding jugular bulb
  
  ~~carotid arterial stenosis~~laterally placed sigmoid sinus
  
  ~~carotid occlusion / dissection~~venous diverticulum
  
  abnormal mastoid emissary veins
  
  arterial
  
  aberrant internal carotid ~~fibromuscular dysplasia~~artery
  
  persistent stapedial ~~artery~~
  
  ~~aberrant internal carotid~~ artery
  
  lateralised internal carotid artery
  
  carotid fibromuscular dysplasia
- acquired
  - venous
    - benign intracranial hypertension
    - ~~laterally placed sigmoid sinus~~
    - jugular venous stenosis
    - ~~venous diverticulum~~
  - ~~abnormal mastoid emissary veins~~arterial
    - carotid occlusion / dissection
    - carotid arterial stenosis
    - dural arteriovenous fistula (dAVF)
    - caroticocavernous fistula
hypervascular tumours
- paraganglioma
  - glomus tympanicum
  - glomus jugulotympanicum
~~dural arteriovenous fistula (dAVF)~~
~~caroticocavernous fistula~~

See also

tinnitus
- pulsatile tinnitus
- non pulsatile tinnitus

~~-<li><a href="/articles/dehiscent_jugular_bulb">dehiscent jugular bulb</a></li>~~
~~-<li><a href="/articles/high_riding_jugular_bulb">high riding jugular bulb</a></li>~~
~~-<li><a href="/articles/carotid-arterial-stenosis">carotid arterial stenosis</a></li>~~
~~-<li>carotid occlusion / dissection</li>~~
~~-<li><a href="/articles/carotid-fibromuscular-dysplasia">carotid fibromuscular dysplasia</a></li>~~
+<li>vascular <ul>
+<li>congenital <ul>
+<li>venous<ul>
+<li><a href="/articles/dehiscent-jugular-bulb">dehiscent jugular bulb</a></li>
+<li><a href="/articles/high-riding-jugular-bulb">high riding jugular bulb</a></li>
+<li>laterally placed sigmoid sinus</li>
+<li>venous diverticulum</li>
+<li>abnormal mastoid emissary veins</li>
+</ul>
+</li>
+<li>arterial<ul>
+<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</a></li>~~
+<li><a href="/articles/carotid-fibromuscular-dysplasia">carotid fibromuscular dysplasia</a></li>
+</ul>
+</li>
+</ul>
+</li>
+<li>acquired <ul>
+<li>venous<ul>
~~-<li>laterally placed sigmoid sinus</li>~~
~~-<li>venous diverticulum</li>~~
~~-<li>abnormal mastoid emissary veins</li>~~
~~-<li>~~
+</ul>
+</li>
+<li>arterial<ul>
+<li>carotid occlusion / dissection</li>
+<li><a href="/articles/carotid-arterial-stenosis">carotid arterial stenosis</a></li>
+<li><a href="/articles/dural-arteriovenous-fistula">dural arteriovenous fistula (dAVF)</a></li>
+<li><a href="/articles/caroticocavernous-fistula-1">caroticocavernous fistula</a></li>
+</ul>
+</li>
+</ul>
+</li>
+</ul>
+</li>
+<li>hypervascular tumours<ul><li>
+</li></ul>
~~-<li><a href="/articles/dural-arteriovenous-fistula">dural arteriovenous fistula (dAVF) </a></li>~~
~~-<li><a href="/articles/caroticocavernous_fistula">caroticocavernous fistula</a></li>~~
~~-<li><a title="non pulsatile tinnitus" href="/articles/non-pulsatile-tinnitus">non pulsatile tinnitus</a></li>~~
+<li><a href="/articles/non-pulsatile-tinnitus">non pulsatile tinnitus</a></li>

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