Cerebellopontine angle mass (mnemonic)
Dr Jeremy Jones and Dr Daryl Bergen et al.
Mnemonics for the common cerebellopontine angle masses include:
AMEN
- A - Acoustic schwannoma ( 80% )
- M - Meningioma ( 11% )
- E - Ependymoma ( 4% )
- N - Neuroepithelial cyst (arachnoid / epidermoid) ( 5% )
SAME
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S - schwannoma
- acoustic schwannoma much more common than a trigeminal schwannoma
- A - aneurysm, arachnoid cyst
- M - meningioma, metastasis
- E - epidermoid cyst, ependymoma
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