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Causes of Pulsatile Tinnitus
In an earlier post, we discussed the importance of determining whether or not your tinnitus is pulsatile, since pulsatile variants may be more amenable to successful treatment and cure. Here is a link to another article on pulsatile tinnitus (it’s a journal article, so you may have difficulty accessing the paper and not just the abstract). Why is the diagnosis of pulsatile tinnitus so important?
Pulsatile tinnitus is an uncommon symptom that often presents a diagnostic dilemma. Correct diagnosis is imperative because the majority of patients with this symptom have a treatable cause.
Furthermore, the article discusses the most common causes of pulsatile tinnitus:
Idiopathic intracranial hypertension (pseudotumor cerebri), glomus tumors, and carotid atherosclerosis are the most common etiologies of pulsatile tinnitus. Treatment should be individualized and is effective in the majority of these patients.
As always, speak to your physician about your tinnitus.
Links to the aforementioned causes:
1. Idiopathic intracranial hypertension
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AudioNotch.