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AJNR Am J Neuroradiol
; 30(5): 995-7, 2009 May.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-19435946
ABSTRACT
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.