PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Cowley, P.O.
AU  - Jones, R.
AU  - Tuch, P.
AU  - McAuliffe, W.
TI  - Pulsatile Tinnitus from Reversal of Flow in an Aberrant Occipital Artery: Resolved after Carotid Artery Stenting
AID  - 10.3174/ajnr.A1393
DP  - 2009 May 01
TA  - American Journal of Neuroradiology
PG  - 995--997
VI  - 30
IP  - 5
4099  - http://www.ajnr.org/content/30/5/995.short
4100  - http://www.ajnr.org/content/30/5/995.full
SO  - Am. J. Neuroradiol.2009 May 01; 30
AB  - SUMMARY: Carotid artery stent placement, performed for correction of an asymptomatic severe stenosis, leads to the resolution of persistent and troublesome pulsatile tinnitus. Tinnitus has been reported as a consequence of severe carotid stenoses on previous occasions. This case highlights how an aberrant occipital artery originating above a carotid artery stenosis can result in flow reversal and be a mechanism by which tinnitus may develop.