Mnemonics Flashcards
UL fibrosis
STREP A (B) C
Sarcoidosis
TB
Radiation
EAA (HP)
Pneumoconiosis
Ankylosing spondylitis
Cystic fibrosis
diffuse cystic interstitial lung disease with normal lung volume
LENT
Lyphangiomyomatosis
Eosinophilic granuloma (Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis)
NF1
Tuberous sclerosis
Diffuse reticulonodular shadowing
SDLPVHF “sarcoid does love producing variable HRCT findings@
Sarcoid
Drugs
Lymphatitis carcinomatosis
Pneumoconiosis
Viral pneumonia
Heart failure
Fibrosis
Multiple pulmonary nodules
CAVITS3
Cancer (SCC)
Autoimmune (Wegners/RA)
Vascular insults (PE/Septic PE)
Infection
TB
Sarcoid/Silicosis/Langerhans
Multiple small non-calcified (military) pulmonary nodules
TMS (test match special)
TB (military)
Metastases
Sarcoidosis / Silicosis
Multiple calcified lung nodules
SHAMP(OO)
Silicosis
Hyperparathyroidism / Histoplasmosis
Alveolar microlithiasis
Metastases (osteosarcoma; thyroid)
Previous chickenpox
Large cavitating lung lesion
CAT
Cancer (1* more than 2*)
Abscess
TB
Anterior mediastinal mass
4Ts
Thymoma / Thymic cancer
Teratoma
Thyroid Goitre
Terrible Terratoma
Pleural mass/lesion
METAL
Mesothelioma
Empyema
Thymoma [invasive] / Thymic cancer
Adenocarcinoma metastases
Lymphoma
HYPERLUCENT THORAX
CPAP
Chest wall abnormalities (polio, Poland syndrome, mastectomy.
Projection
Airway disease (CPAM, congenital lobar emphysema, Swyer James, emphysema)
Pneumothorax / PE
COMPLETELY OPACIFIED THORAX
ECAPM
“Every CXR aids patient management”
Effusion
Collapse / Consolidation
Agenesis
Pneumonectomy
Mesothelioma
Peripheral consolidation
AEIOU
Alveolar sarcoidosis
Eosinophilic pneumonia (chronic)
Infarct
Organising pneumonia
U - Contusion
DIFFUSE BILATERAL CONSOLIDATION
HARPIE
Heart failure
ARDS
Reaction to drugs
PCP
I - NSIP
EAA (HP)
Bilateral hilar enlargement
SLIPS
Sarcoidosis
Lymphoma
Infection (especially viral, TB)
Pulmonary artery hypertension
SCC (lung cancer)
Inferior rib notching
AVN
Arterial obstruction (coarctation, BT shunt, takayasu’s)
Venous obstruction (IVC obstruction)
NF1
