2005 Volume 15 Issue 3 Pages 238-243
Pulsatile tinnitus is a rare symptom and is caused by a wide variety of abnormalities.
We experienced 3 patients with objective pulsatile tinnitus due to aberrant carotid artery, high jugular bulb or meningoencephalic herniation. They all complained of pulsatile tinnitus and hearing loss and had the tympanic membrane pulsating rhythmically. The radiological studies including computed tomography, magnetic resonance imaging and magnetic resonance angiography were useful in making the diagnosis. Tinnitus disappeared following surgery in patients with aberrant carotide artery and meningoencephalic heriniation and spontaneously without any intervention in a patient with high juglular bulb.
