Naslov
Tinnitus caused by vertebrobasilar dolichoectasia

Autori
Titlić, Marina ; Tonkić, ANte ; Jukić, Ivana ; Buča, Ante ; Kolić, Kresimir ; Batinić, Tonći

Izvornik
Bratislavské lekárske listy (0006-9248) 108 (2007), 10-11; 456-458

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Radovi u časopisima, članak, znanstveni

Ključne riječi
tinnitus ; vertebrobasilar artery ; dolichoectasia ; MSCT angiography

Sažetak
A 73-year old man presented with the tinnitus in the left ear for 11 months. Computed tomography (CT) showed an enlarged dolichoectasia of the left vertebral artery. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the brain shows dolichoectasia of the left vertebral artery and the initial part of the basilar artery. Multi-slice computer tomographic (MSCT) angiography showed an enlarged vertebrobasilar dolichoectasia of the left vertebral artery, which compressed the vestibulocochlear nerve. This study supoorts a vascular compression of cranial vestibulocochlear nerve and the brainstem as a cause of tinnitus, and demonstrates a MSCT angiography value as an excellent, non-invasive technique to demonstrate the compression.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Kliničke medicinske znanosti

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