Tinnitus

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DDx

  • Idiopathic
  • Excessive noise exposure
  • Ménière’s disease
  • Labyrinthitis
  • Acute otitis media
  • Chronic otitis media
  • Auditory (eustachian) tube dysfunction
  • Ototoxicity, eg, salicylates, aminoglycosides, loop diuretics, cisplatin
  • Glomus tumor
  • Any cause of sensory hearing loss
Pulsatile tinnitus (like hearing one’s heartbeat)
  • Glomus tumor
  • Carotid artery stenosis or dissection
  • Arteriovenous malformation
  • Aneurysm
  • Pseudotumor cerebri

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DDx

  • Idiopathic
  • Excessive noise exposure
  • Ménière’s disease
  • Labyrinthitis
  • Acute otitis media
  • Chronic otitis media
  • Auditory (eustachian) tube dysfunction
  • Ototoxicity, eg, salicylates, aminoglycosides, loop diuretics, cisplatin
  • Glomus tumor
  • Any cause of sensory hearing loss
Pulsatile tinnitus (like hearing one’s heartbeat)
  • Glomus tumor
  • Carotid artery stenosis or dissection
  • Arteriovenous malformation
  • Aneurysm
  • Pseudotumor cerebri

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