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Bladder wall calcification (mnemonic)

Dr Henry Knipe ◉ ◈ and Dr M Venkatesh et al.

A mnemonic for the causes of bladder wall calcification is:

CREST

Mnemonic

C: cystitis post radiation therapy/chemotherapy/chronic infection
R: radiation
E: eosinophilic cystitis
S: schistosomiasis
T: tuberculosis

References

Article information

rID: 25539

System: Urogenital

Section: Mnemonics

Tag: bladder, refs

Synonyms or Alternate Spellings:

CREST (mnemonic)

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Cases and figures

Case 1: bladder schistosomiasisCase 1: bladder schistosomiasis

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