pulsatile tinnitus

Etiology

• vascular disorders resulting in turbulent blood flow
  • head & neck tumor compressing blood vessel
  • vascular neoplasm
  • atherosclerosis
• carotid artery stenosis
• jugular vein thrombosis
• cerebral venous thrombosis; dural sinus thrombosis
• arteriovenous malformation (generally unilateral)
• pseudotumor cerebri

Clinical manifestations

• may be described as 'hearing my heartbeat in my head'
• whoosing sound in one or both years
• hypertension may exacerbate
• repositioning the head usually may relieve the tinnutus

Management

see tinnitus

More general terms

• tinnitus