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Secondary Tinnitus as a Symptom of Instability of the Upper Cervical Spine: Operative Management
Abbas Montazem Sofflingen Hospital, VIm, Germany, 2000
Abstract:
Tinnitus very often is caused by instability of the craniocervical junction.
It very frequently manifests as a high-pitched whistle that disappears after operative correction and stabilization of the articular geometry. Prolapsed intervertebral disks, discoligamentous injury, and even metastases as low as level C3 can cause tinnitus, which also usually disappears after surgery.
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...patient group with instability at the craniocervical junction had usually reported a unilateral or bilateral high-pitched whistle. In patients with dysfunction at C2-C3 or C3-C4, we also found tinnitus but of a different character.
This mostly manifested as splashing or crackling noises...
