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
- Sara Samy Likes Her Smart ABC Mnemonic
Mnemonic
A Silly Cool Sergeant Likes His Tubercular Blast
- 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
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S:
Silicosissilicosis: 5(5%patients) -
S: Sarcoidosis:
5(5%of patients) -
L:
Lymphoma (postirradiationlymphoma (post-radiation Hodgkin disease), usually 1-9 years following treatment) -
H:
Histoplasmosis(e.g.pulmonaryhistoplasmosis (rare)rare -
S:
Sclerodermasclerodermarare(rare) -
A:
Amyloidosisamyloidosis: rare(rare) -
B:
Blastomycosisblastomycosis(e.g.pulmonary blastomycosis: rare -
C:
Coalcoal workers' pneumoconiosis(CWP(1%): 1% patients -
M: Mycobacterial
Tuberculosistuberculosis
-<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>- +<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>
- +<li>Sara Samy Likes Her Smart ABC Mnemonic</li>
- +</ul><h4><strong>Mnemonic</strong></h4><h5>A Silly Cool Sergeant Likes His Tubercular Blast</h5><ul>
-</ul><p>Another helpful <strong>mnemonic</strong></p><p><strong>Sara Samy Likes Her Smart ABC Mnemonic</strong></p><ul>- +</ul><h5>Sara Samy Likes Her Smart ABC Mnemonic</h5><ul>
-<strong>S : </strong><a href="/articles/silicosis">Silicosis</a>: 5% patients</li>- +<strong>S: </strong><a href="/articles/silicosis">silicosis</a> (5%)</li>
-<strong>S :</strong> <a href="/articles/sarcoidosis-1">Sarcoidosis</a>: 5% of patients</li>- +<strong>S:</strong> <a href="/articles/sarcoidosis-1">Sarcoidosis</a>: (5%)</li>
-<strong>L :</strong> Lymphoma (postirradiation <a href="/articles/hodgkin-lymphoma">Hodgkin disease</a>) usually 1-9 years following treatment</li>- +<strong>L:</strong> lymphoma (post-radiation <a href="/articles/hodgkin-lymphoma">Hodgkin disease</a>, usually 1-9 years following treatment)</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>- +<strong>H:</strong> <a title="Histoplasmosis" href="/articles/histoplasmosis">histoplasmosis</a> (rare)</li>
-<strong>S :</strong> <a href="/articles/scleroderma">Scleroderma</a> rare</li>- +<strong>S:</strong> <a href="/articles/scleroderma">scleroderma</a> (rare)</li>
-<strong>A :</strong> <a href="/articles/amyloidosis">Amyloidosis</a>: rare</li>- +<strong>A:</strong> <a href="/articles/amyloidosis">amyloidosis</a> (rare)</li>
-<strong>B :</strong> <a href="/articles/blastomycosis">Blastomycosis</a> (e.g. <a href="/articles/pulmonary-blastomycosis">pulmonary blastomycosis</a>): rare </li>- +<strong>B:</strong> <a href="/articles/blastomycosis">blastomycosis</a> (rare)</li>
-<strong>C :</strong> <a href="/articles/coal-workers-pneumoconiosis-2">Coal workers' pneumoconiosis (CWP)</a>: 1% patients</li>- +<strong>C:</strong> <a href="/articles/coal-workers-pneumoconiosis-2">coal workers' pneumoconiosis</a> (1%)</li>
-<strong>M :</strong> Mycobacterial Tuberculosis </li>- +<strong>M:</strong> <em>Mycobacterial tuberculosis</em>
- +</li>
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