Journal of Clinical Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery

The Busan, Ulsan, Gyeoungnam Branch of Korean Society of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery

J Clin Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 2000; 11(1):129-132

pISSN: 1225-0244, eISSN: 2713-833X

DOI: https://doi.org/10.35420/jcohns.2000.11.1.129

증례

자연발생한 천측두 동정맥누공에 의한 이명 치험 1례

김영기¹^,^*, 윤용주¹, 김광민¹, 김원¹

A Case of Tinnitus Caused by Spontaneous Arteriovenous Fistula of the Superficial Temporal Artery

Young-Ki Kim¹^,^*, Yong-Ju Yoon¹, Kwang-Min Kim¹, Won Kim¹

¹전북대학교 의과대학 이비인후-두경부외과학교실

¹Department of Otolaryngology, College of Medicine, Chon-buk University, Chon-ju, Korea

^*교신저자: 김영기, 561-750 전북 진주시 금암동 634-18 전북대학교 의과대학 이비인후-두경부외과학교실 전화： (063) 250-1980· 전송： (063) 250-1986 E-mail： cauent@netsgo.com

© Copyright 2000 The Busan, Ulsan, Gyeoungnam Branch of Korean Society of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery. This is an Open-Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

Received: Feb 20, 2000; Accepted: May 29, 2000

Published Online: May 31, 2020

ABSTRACT

An arteriovenous fistula consists of an endothelial lined communication between artery and vein without interposed capillary bed. Tinnitus related vascular abnormalities is usually a soft, rushing and pulsatile sound which is synchronous with the heartbeat. Congenital interconnections between the occipital artery and the transverse sinus, internal carotid artery and the vertebral vessels, or the middle meningeal artery and the greater superficial petrosal sinus have been reported. Superficial temporal artery fistula causes tinnitus rarely. We experienced a case of spontaneous arteriovenous fistula of superficial temporal artery causing pulsatile tinnitus which was treated with surgical excision after preoperative embolization with coils. So we report the case with review of literatures. (J Clinical Otolaryngol 2000;11:129–132)

Keywords: 천측두동맥; 동정맥누공; 외과적 적출술

Keywords: Superficial temporal artery; Arteriovenous fistula; Surgical excision