Eggshell calcification in thorax and mediastinum (mnemonic)
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A helpful mnemonic for major causes of eggshell calcification in the thorax and mediastinum is:
- A Silly Cool Sergeant Likes His Tubercular Blast
Mnemonic
- A: amyloidosis
- S: silicosis
- C: coal workers' pneumoconiosis (CWP)
- S: sarcoidosis
- L: lymphoma: (postirradiation Hodgkin disease)
- H: histoplasmosis (e.g. pulmonary histoplasmosis)
- T: tuberculosis
- B: blastomycosis (e.g. pulmonary blastomycosis)
Another helpful mnemonic
Sara Samy Likes Her Smart ABC Mnemonic
- S : Silicosis: 5% patients
- S :Sarcoidosis: 5% of patients
- L : Lymphoma (postirradiation Hodgkin disease) usually 1-9 years following treatment
- H : Histoplasmosis (e.g. pulmonary histoplasmosis) rare
- S :Scleroderma rare
- A :Amyloidosis: rare
- B :Blastomycosis (e.g. pulmonary blastomycosis): rare
- C :Coal workers' pneumoconiosis (CWP): 1% patients
- M : Mycobacterial Tuberculosis
-<p>A helpful <strong>mnemonic </strong>for major causes of <a href="/articles/eggshell-calcification">eggshell calcification</a> in the thorax and mediastinum is: </p><ul><li>A Silly Cool Sergeant Likes His Tubercular Blast</li></ul><h4><strong>Mnemonic</strong></h4><ul>- +<p>A helpful <strong>mnemonic </strong>for major causes of <a href="/articles/eggshell-calcification-lymph-nodes">eggshell calcification</a> in the thorax and mediastinum is: </p><ul><li>A Silly Cool Sergeant Likes His Tubercular Blast</li></ul><h4><strong>Mnemonic</strong></h4><ul>
-<strong>B: </strong><a href="/articles/peroneus-brevis-1">blastomycosis</a><a href="/articles/blastomycosis-e-g-pulmonary-blastomycosis"> (e.g. </a><a href="/articles/pulmonary-blastomycosis">pulmonary blastomycosis</a><a href="/articles/blastomycosis-e-g-pulmonary-blastomycosis">)</a>-</li>- +<strong>B: </strong><a href="/articles/peroneus-brevis-1">blastomycosis</a><a href="/articles/blastomycosis-e-g-pulmonary-blastomycosis"> (e.g. </a><a href="/articles/pulmonary-blastomycosis">pulmonary blastomycosis</a>)</li>
- +</ul><p>Another helpful <strong>mnemonic</strong></p><p><strong>Sara Samy Likes Her Smart ABC Mnemonic</strong></p><ul>
- +<li>
- +<strong>S : </strong><a href="/articles/silicosis">Silicosis</a>: 5% patients</li>
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- +<strong>S :</strong> <a href="/articles/sarcoidosis-1">Sarcoidosis</a>: 5% of patients</li>
- +<li>
- +<strong>L :</strong> Lymphoma (postirradiation <a href="/articles/hodgkin-lymphoma">Hodgkin disease</a>) usually 1-9 years following treatment</li>
- +<li>
- +<strong>H :</strong> Histoplasmosis <a href="/articles/histoplasmosis-e-g-pulmonary-histoplasmosis"> (e.g. </a><a href="/articles/thoracic-histoplasmosis-1">pulmonary histoplasmosis</a><a href="/articles/histoplasmosis-e-g-pulmonary-histoplasmosis">)</a> rare</li>
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- +<strong>S :</strong> <a href="/articles/scleroderma">Scleroderma</a> rare</li>
- +<li>
- +<strong>A :</strong> <a href="/articles/amyloidosis">Amyloidosis</a>: rare</li>
- +<li>
- +<strong>B :</strong> <a href="/articles/blastomycosis">Blastomycosis</a> (e.g. <a href="/articles/pulmonary-blastomycosis">pulmonary blastomycosis</a>): rare </li>
- +<li>
- +<strong>C :</strong> <a href="/articles/coal-workers-pneumoconiosis-2">Coal workers' pneumoconiosis (CWP)</a>: 1% patients</li>
- +<li>
- +<strong>M :</strong> Mycobacterial Tuberculosis </li>
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