Pulsatile tinnitus in ear is due to:: (A) Malignant otitis media, (B) Osteoma, (C) Mastoid reservoirs, (D) Glomus jugulare tumour
Answer is D. (d) Glomus jugulare tumour(Ref. Scott Brown, 8th ed., Vol 2 page 1283)For the tinnitus to be pulsatile the cause has to be vascular. Vascular causes to tinnitus are Glomus jugulare and internal carotid aneurysms.