CEREBELLO-PONTINE ANGLE LESION

acoustic / vestibular neuroma [80%; widened IAM; enhances +C]

meningioma [10%; hyperdense; enhances even more +C]

epidermoid [5%; low density (fat-containing); no C enhancement]

others [5%]:

metastases

glomus jugulare tumour [associated erosion of jugular foramen]

chordoma [most arise from clivus]

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