Useful mnemonics to remember conditions with upper lobe predominance in chest radiology are:
- STEP
- BREASTS
Mnemonics
STEP
- S: sarcoidosis, silicosis
- T: tuberculosis
- E: eosinophilic pneumonia
- P: pneumoconiosis
BREASTS
- B: berylliosis
- R: radiation fibrosis
- E: extrinsic allergic alveolitis, eosinophilic pneumonia
- A: allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis, ankylosing spondylitis
- S: sarcoidosis
- T: tuberculosis
- S: silicosis