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CP angle masses

A

AMEN

A = acoustic schwannoma (80%)
M = meningioma (10%)
E = ependymoma (5%)
N = neuroepithelial (5%) cyst, either arachnoid or epidermoid
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Cartilage calcification/chondrocalcinosis

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HOGWASH

H= hyperparathyroidism
O= ochronosis
G= gout
W= Wilson's disease
A= arthritis
S= pseudogout
H= haemachronatosis
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Bone without pain or periostitis

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EFUN

E= enchondroma
F= fibrous dysphasia
U= UBC
N= nonnossifyinng fibroma
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Bladder calcification

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SCRITT

S= schistosomiasis
C = cytotoxic/chemotherapy
R= radiation therapy
I=interstitial cystitis
T=TB
T= TCC
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Causes Bony sequestration

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LIFE

L= lymphoma
I= infection
F= fibrosarcoma
E= eosinophilic granulomatosis
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Basilar invagination

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PF ROACH

P= Paget's disease
F= fibrous dysphasia
R= rheumatoid & rickets
O = OI
A= achrondroplasia
C= cleidocranial dysostosis/Chiari I and II
H= hyperparathyroidism
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Acetabular Protrusion

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PROT

P=paget’s disease
R= rheumatoid arthritis
O= osteomalacia
T= trauma

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Apical lung disease

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CARPETS

C= CF
A= ankylosing spondylitis
R= radiation pneumonitis
P=pneumoconiosis
E= eosinophilia pneumonia
T= TB
S= sarcoidosis
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Wormian bone causes

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PORK CHOPS

P= pyknodysostosis
O= OI
R=rickets
K=kinky hair syndrome
C=cleidocranial dysostosis
H=hypothyroidism
O=otopalatosigital syndrome
P= primary acro osteolysis
S= syndrome of downs
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Calcifying metastasis

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BOTOM

B= breast ca
O= osteosarcoma
T= papillary thyroid cancer
O= ovarian cancer
M= mucinous adenocarcinoma, esp rectal
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Causes acro osteolysis

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PINCH FO

P= psoriasis
I= injury eg frost bite
N= neuropathy
C= collagen vasc eg scleroderma
H= hyperparathyroidism
F= familial
O= other eg. progeria
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Bronchiectasis causes

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CAPT KM

C= CF
A= ABPA
P= post infectious 
T= TB
K= kartagener syndrome
M= Mounier Kuhn Syndrome
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Lower lobe predominance

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BADAS

B= bronchiectasis
A= aspiring pneumonia
D= drugs
A= asbestosis
S= scleroderma
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Congenital infections

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TORCH

T= toxoplasmosis
O= other eg syphilis, parvovirus B19
R= rubella
C= CMV
H= herpes simplex virus
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Cerebral ring enhancing lesions

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DR MAGIC

D= demyelination disease
R= radiation necrosis
M=mets
A= abscess
G=glioblastoma
I=infarction
C=contusion
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Cortical lesions

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MOFOS

M=metastasis
O=osteomyelitis
F=fibrosarcoma
O= osteoid osteoma
S=stress fracture
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Corpus callosum hyperintensity

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I MADE A PHD

I=infection tb, varicella, rotavirus
M=Marchiafava Bignami syndrome
A=AIDS encephalopathy 
D=DAI, diffuse vascular injury
E=epilepsy
A= autoimmune (haemolytic uremic syndrome)
P= PRES
H=hypoglycaemia 
D=Demyelination (MS, ADEM)
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Infantile cortical hyperostosis

Caffey Disease

A 
Infection
Trauma
Hypervitaminosis A
Malignancy
Prostaglandin therapy for PDA Tx
Scurvy
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Acute consolidation

Acute GGO

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Heap
H= haemorrhage
E= edema 
A= aspiration
P= pneumonia
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Chronic consolidation

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BAC
COP/BOOP -organising pneumonia
Eosinophilia pneumonia

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Chronic ground glass opacity

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BAC
Organising pneumonia
Chronic eosinophilia pneumonia
Idiopathic pneumonia
Hypersensitivity penumonitis
Alveolar proteinosis
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GGO + central distribution

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Pulmonary edema
Alveolar haemorrhage
PJP/pCP
Alveolar proteinosis

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Peripheral GGO

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Organising pneumonia
Chronic eosinophilia pneumonia
Atypical viral pneumonia
Pulmonary oedema

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Interlobular septal thickening

Smooth

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Pulmonary edema
Pulmonary alveolar proteinosis
Pulmonary haemorrhage
Atypical pneumonia - pjp

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Nodular interlobular septal thickening

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Lymphangitis carcinomatosis

Sarcoidosis

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Crazy paving

Interlobular septal thickening plus GGO

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Alveolar proteinosis
PJP
Organising pneumonia
BAC
Lipoid pneumonia
ARDS
Pulmonary haemorrhage
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Causes Centrilobular pulmonary modules

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HSP
Hot tub lung
RB-ILD
Diffuse panbronchiolitis
Silicosis
Endobronchial tb
Bronchopneumonia
Atypical pneumonia
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Perilymphatic nodules

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Sarcoidosis
Pneumoconioses
Lymphangitic carcinomatosis

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Cannon balls mets ddx

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C REPS

RCC
Choriocarcinoma
Prostate cancer
Synovial sarcoma
Endometrial carcinoma
30
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Random pulmonary nodules

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Henatogenous spread
Angiocentric distribution

Hematogenous mets
Septic emboli
Pulmonary langerhan’s cell histiocytosis

31
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Miliary pattern

A

Disseminated tuberculosis
Disseminated fungal infection
Disseminated hematogenous mets

32
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Tree n bud nodules

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Impacted bronchioles

Ddx
Mycobacterium TB and typical mycobacterium
Bacterial pneumonia
Aspiration pneumonia
Airway invasive aspergillus
33
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Single cavitary lesion

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Infxn or ca

TB
Squamous cell ca
Adenocarcinoma

34
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Multiple cavitary lesions

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Septic emboli
Vasculitis
Mets - squamous cell ca and uterine carcinosarcoma

35
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Cystic lung disease

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Lymphangioleimyomatosis - LAM
Emphysema 
Pulmonary langerhans cell histiocytosis
Diffuse cystic bronchiectasis
Pneumocystis jiroveci pneumonia
Lymphoid interstitial pneumonia
36
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Lower lobe fibrosis

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IPF - idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis
End stage asbestosis
NSIP, fibrotic form

37
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Upper lobe fibrosis

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End stage sarcoidosis
Chronic hypersensitivity pneumonitis
End stage silicosis

38
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Air crescent sign

Monad sign

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Mycetoma

Aspergillosis invasive and or secondary
Bronchogrnic ca
Pulmonary TB
Nocardiosis
Rasmussen aneurysm
Hydatid cyst
39
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Pneumomediastinum

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Trauma
Surgery
Perforate boerhaave syndrome
Esophageal ca
Exercise
Asthma
Barotrauma
Infection
40
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Finger in glove

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ABPA
Segmental bronchial atresia
Cystic fibrosis

41
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CT halo sign with solid lung lesion

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Angioinvasive aspergillosis
Viral infection
Wegener granulomatosis
Kaposi sarcoma
Hemorrhagic mets
42
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Vertebral T1 low end plate

A

AS
Mets
Infection
Haemodialysis

43
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Echogenic fetal bowel

A

CF
Trisomy 21
Infection

44
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Eggshell calcification LNs

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Pneumoconiosis
Sarcoidosis
Post irradiation hodgkin’s lymphoma

45
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Deviation of azygoesophageal recess

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Hiatal hernia
Esophageal disease
Left atrial enlargement
Subcarinal lymphadenopathy
Bronchogenic cyst
46
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Mets to pleura

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Lung
GI
GU
Thymoma

47
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4 most common lung mets

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Breast
Renal
Thyroid
Lung

48
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BiRADS

A 
1=normal breast
2=benign
3=benign but uncertain malignant potential 
4= suspicious
5= malignant
49
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Spontaneous pneumothorax

A 
Ehlers
Marfans
Homo
Alpha 1
Lch
50
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Epileptogenic rumours

A

Ganglioglioma
DNET
pxa
Hypothalamic hamartoma

51
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Multiple small black dots mr/ddx micro bleeds brain

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Cavernomas
Cerebral amyloid angiopathy
Hypertensive microhaemorrhages
DAI

52
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Ddx enlarged heart

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Cardiomyopathy
CHF
Valvular regurgitation
Volume overload states
Dilated cardiomyopathy
Pericardial effusion
Paracardiac mass
53
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Enhancing mediastinal nodes

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RCC
Thyroid ca
Small cell lung ca
Castlemans

54
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Vertebral plans

A 
Lch
Leukaemia
Lymphoma
Osteomyelitis
Mets
55
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Chondrocalcinosis

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Cppd
Hyperparathyroidism
Hemocheomatosis
Wilsons

56
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Erosive arthropathy it

A 
RA
Gout
Reactive arthritis
Infection
Psoriatic arthritis
57
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Sacroilitis

A 
IBD
Ankylosing spondylitis
RA
Psoriatic arthropathy
Septic arthritis - uni
OA
58
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Rugger jersey spine

A 
Renal osteodystrophy
Osteopetriosis
Pager disease
Mets
Myelofibrosis
59
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Periosteal rxn newborn infant

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Physiologic if <6months
Trauma
Infection
PG therapy
Caffeys disease
60
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Sequestering in bone long bone

A 
Osteomyelitis
Lch
Osteoid osteoma
Lymphoma
Fibrosarcoma
61
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Multiple lytic foci

A 
Mets
Multiple myeloma
Lymphoma
Lch
Fibrous dysphasia
Chronic recurrent multi focal osteomyelitis
62
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Madelung deformity

A 
Idiopathic
Turner syndrome
Skeletal dysphasia - HME, olliers, mucoplysaccharidoses
Trauma
Infxn
63
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Lucent metaphyseal bands

A 
Leukaemia
Rickets 
Osteomyelitis
Scurvy
Syphilis
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Medullary/chondroid lesion

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Enchondroma
Bone infarct
Chondrosarcoma
Chronic osteomyelitis

65
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Rice bodies

A

Synovial osteochromatosis
Pigmented villonodular synovitis
RA

66
Q

Expansile rib lesion child

A 
Fibrous dysphasia
Bone cyst
Enchondroma
Lch
Ewing sarcoma
Mets
67
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Posterior element lytic lesion

A 
ABC
Osteoblastoma
Infxn - TB
LCH
Mets
68
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Multiple sclerotic foci pelvis

A

Osteopoikilosis
Mets
Pagets

69
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Epiphyseal equivalent Lucent lesion long bone

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Chondroblastoma - kid/adolescent
Giant cell Tumor - skeletal mature
LCH
Intraosseous ganglion cyst

70
Q

Ivory vertebrae

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Osteoblastic mets
Lymphoma
Pagets
Infxn chronic
Osteosarcoma
71
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Osteoblastic lesions

A 
Prostrate
Bronchial carcinoid
Medulloblastoma
Neuroblastoma
Breast
Bladder
Nasopharynx
Stomach
Lymphoma
72
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Permeative bone

A 
Mets
Ewings/primary 
Multiple myeloma
Leukaemia
Eosinophilic granuloma
Osteomyelitis

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