Sensorineural Hearing Impairment Probably Caused by Arterioveneous Fistula; A Case Report

Abstract

We report a rare case of arteriovenous fistula with aneurysm on the right occipital artery area, in a 35-year-old male complaining of right ear hearing loss. These findings suggested that the hearing loss trigger was traumatic in origin.
Arteriovenous fistula was increasing in size, arterio v enous fistula stole the blood flow from both the occipital artery system and the vertebral artery system, and aneurysm tend to make an embolism.
The arteriovenous fistula is generally treated by two methods i. e., surgical operation and artificial embolization. We chose surgical removal of arteriovenous fistula, because the blood flow was more voluminous on the occipital artery of the feeder, the lesion was not solitary, and the occult feeder existed.
The surgery was evaluated as successful one year after treatment, although his hearing loss remained unchanged.