Multiple Dural Arteriovenous Fistulas Presenting as Pulsatile Tinnitus Treated with External Manual Compression.
- Author:
Se Joon OH
1
;
Yong Il CHON
;
Soo Keun KONG
;
Eui Kyung GOH
Author Information
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords: Pulsatile tinnitus; Arteriovenous fistula; Therapeutic
- MeSH: Arteriovenous Fistula; Central Nervous System Vascular Malformations*; Humans; Methods; Middle Aged; Radiosurgery; Tinnitus*
- From:Journal of Audiology & Otology 2017;21(3):156-159
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
- Abstract: Dural arteriovenous fistula (DAVF) have been treated by transarterial or transvenous embolization, surgery, and radiosurgery. Besides these treatment options, the external compression technique is a non-invasive, low-cost form of treatment. This article reports that a 60-year-old man with DAVF between multiple arterial branches and transverse/sigmoid sinus was treated by repeated external manual compression method.