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Tinnitus or Ringing in the Ears
Leo Leonidas MD, FAAP

WARNING, WARNING, WARNING; This section is for my Tufts University medical students. If you are a "worrier" type or a very anxious parent, please talk to your clinician about your child's problem or symptoms, rather than reading this differential diagnosis listing. There is a mother in my practice who after reading about Tics in the Internet became extremely worried and vowed not to visit the Internet again and read about her son's health problem. Sometimes too much information is not good for our emotional health if we happen to be a worrier.

The sensation of noise or ringing in the ear is called tinnitus. This is not common sensation in children.

PULSATILE TINNITUS

Hypertension
Serous Otitis Media
Intracranial Arteriovenous Fistula
Glomus Jugulare Tumor
Cerumen
Foreign Body
Paten Eustachia Tube
Physiologic Causes
Aberrant Internal Carotid Artery
Carotic Artery Lesion
Palatal Myoclonus
Functional Tinnitus

NONPULSATILE TINNITUS

Brain Stem Tumor
Acoustic Neuroma
Drug-Induced
Migraine
Convulsive Disorder
Hearing Loss
Perforation of Tympanic Membrane
Physiologic Tinnitus
Noise Injury
Meniere Disease
Hypoxia and Ischemia
Labyrinthine Concussion
Temporomandibular Joint Dysfunction
Functional Tinnitus
Psychiatric Problem


REFERENCE:
Signs & Symptoms In Pediatrics
2nd Edition, page 170
Tunnessen, Jr

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Leo Leonidas, MD, FAAP
Assistant Clinical Professor in Pediatrics
Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston
Attending Pediatrician
Eastern Maine Medical Center, Bangor

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