# All the AVM symptoms but no diagnosis yet **URL:** https://avmsurvivors.org/t/all-the-avm-symptoms-but-no-diagnosis-yet/19818 **Category:** New Member Introductions **Created:** [March 19, 2018, 7:37pm UTC](https://avmsurvivors.org/t/all-the-avm-symptoms-but-no-diagnosis-yet/19818 "2018-03-19T19:37:35Z") **Posts on this page:** 1 **Showing post:** 5
### Author: ![DickD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9de0a6/32.png) [@DickD](https://avmsurvivors.org/u/DickD) #### Post date: [March 20, 2018, 9:22am UTC](https://avmsurvivors.org/t/all-the-avm-symptoms-but-no-diagnosis-yet/19818/5 "2018-03-20T09:22:12Z")
> [@DonnaK](#): > > The specialist said that all my symptoms (pulsating tinnitus, roaring in ear,ear fullness, dizziness (all the time), vertigo (3-4 days a week), confusion, fatigue, left temporal tenderness, and headaches that come and go that range in severity) point towards something wrong with the cerebellum and he wants to take a closer look at the vascular malformation. I completely agree with this bit. So, it will be good to have a closer look to see what is going on. An MRI is a decent way of looking inside but an interventional radiologist will probably then want to look with an angiogram – with the injection of a contrast material-- to see the VM in more detail. The cerebellum is a tricky place and until recently, I would have said people don’t get AVMs in their cerebellum operated on but I’ve seen several stories in the last few months where a cerebellar or brainstem AVM _has_ been treated. It is more complex and it is more likely that they’ll say “I’m not touching that” but you need the docs to do some scans to see what you’ve got where. I’ve got pulsatile tinnitus, regular tinnitus, ear fullness and a bit of dizziness maybe. Head pressure as well. I had a rubbish night last night but a couple of paracetamol have made me quite good this morning. [My story at the moment.](https://avmsurvivors.org/t/third-stage-degradation-post-embolisation/18896) Very best wishes Richard --- _[View the full topic](https://avmsurvivors.org/t/all-the-avm-symptoms-but-no-diagnosis-yet/19818)._