====== Pulsatile exophthalmos ====== Pulsatile [[exophthalmos]] or pulsatile [[proptosis]] is a clinical symptom characterized by [[protrusion]] and pulsation of the eyeball that can occur due to various causes: [[Carotid cavernous fistula]] Neurofibromatosis type 1 (with sphenoid wing dysplasia) Arteriovenous malformation trauma (orbital roof fractures) arachnoid cyst (rare) Paasche A, Bettoni J, Capel C, Peltier J, Dakpé S. A Case of Pulsatile Proptosis. J Stomatol Oral Maxillofac Surg. 2019 Jul 20. pii: S2468-7855(19)30174-0. doi: 10.1016/j.jormas.2019.07.009. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 31336211.