Preferred Label : ice cream cone sign;
Definition : Ossicles resemble ice cream cone with ball of ice cream on a transverse CT of the
temporal bone. Ball represents head of malleus, and cone represents body of incus.
Sign indicates ossicles are normal.;
Source : Indian J Radiol Imaging 2009;19:135-47;
Origin ID : RID35295;
Associated condition(s)
Ossicles resemble ice cream cone with ball of ice cream on a transverse CT of the
temporal bone. Ball represents head of malleus, and cone represents body of incus.
Sign indicates ossicles are normal.
