Dural arteriovenous fistula causing pulsatile tinnitus – a case report and clinical considerations
Authors:
Ivo Stárek 1; Marie Černá 2; Richard Salzman 1
Authors‘ workplace:
Klinika otorinolaryngologie a chirurgie hlavy a krku, LF UP a FN Olomouc
1; Radiologická klinika, LF UP a FN Olomouc
2
Published in:
Otorinolaryngol Foniatr, 73, 2024, No. 2, pp. 101-104.
Category:
Case Reports
doi:
https://doi.org/10.48095/ccorl2024101
Overview
Dural arteriovenous fistula (DAVF) is a rare condition not constantly taken into consideration in the differential diagnosis of pulsatory tinnitus. Symptomatology, clinical relevance, and therapy of DAVF depend on its type determined primarily by the characteristics of venous drainage. For reliable detection of DAVF, digital subtraction angiography is necessary. Here we report one case of DAVF and comment on clinical aspects of that potentially very serious anomaly.
Keywords:
Tinnitus – treatment – diagnostics – complications – dural arteriovenous fistula
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