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:
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- 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)
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- S: silicosis (5%)
- S: Sarcoidosis: (5%)
- L: lymphoma (post-radiation Hodgkin disease, usually 1-9 years following treatment)
- H: histoplasmosis (rare)
- S: scleroderma (rare)
- A: amyloidosis (rare)
- B: blastomycosis (rare)
- C: coal workers' pneumoconiosis (1%)
- M: Mycobacterial tuberculosis
-<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>- +<p>A helpful <strong>mnemonic </strong>for major causes of <a href="/articles/eggshell-calcification-lymph-nodes-1">eggshell calcification</a> in the thorax and mediastinum is: </p><ul>
-<strong>H:</strong> <a title="Histoplasmosis" href="/articles/histoplasmosis">histoplasmosis</a> (rare)</li>- +<strong>H:</strong> <a href="/articles/histoplasmosis">histoplasmosis</a> (rare)</li>
-<strong>M:</strong> <em>Mycobacterial tuberculosis</em>-</li>- +<strong>M:</strong> Mycobacterial tuberculosis</li>
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