Trumpeted internal acoustic meatus sign

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A trumpeted internal acoustic meatus(IAM) is an indirect sign of an acoustic schwannoma and is useful in helping differentiating between one and other cerebellopontine angle entities, especially from a meningioma which typically does not extend into the meatus 1.

It is characterized by widening of the IAM which appears similar to a trumpet.

  • -<p>A<strong> trumpeted internal acoustic meatus (IAM) </strong>is an indirect sign of an <a href="/articles/acoustic_schwannoma">acoustic <span>schwannoma</span></a> and is useful in helping differentiating between one and other <a href="/articles/cerebellopontine_angle">cerebellopontine angle</a> entities, especially from a <a href="/articles/meningioma"><span>meningioma</span></a> which typically does not extend into the <span>meatus</span> <sup>1</sup>.</p><p>It is characterized by widening of the IAM which appears similar to a trumpet.</p>
  • +<p>A<strong> trumpeted internal acoustic meatus (IAM) </strong>is an indirect sign of an <a href="/articles/acoustic-schwannoma">acoustic schwannoma</a> and is useful in helping differentiating between one and other <a href="/articles/cerebellopontine-angle-mass">cerebellopontine angle</a> entities, especially from a <a href="/articles/meningioma">meningioma</a> which typically does not extend into the meatus <sup>1</sup>.</p><p>It is characterized by widening of the IAM which appears similar to a trumpet.</p>

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Photograph -Figure 1: trumpet

Image 2 MRI (T1 C+) ( update )

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Case 21

Image 3 CT (bone window) ( update )

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Case 1 - trumpetted2: trumpeted IAM

Image 4 CT (bone window) ( update )

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Case 1 -2: normal IAM for comparison

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