Conditions with upper lobe predominance (mnemonic)

Useful mnemonics to remember conditions with upper lobe predominance in chest radiology are:

• STEP

• BREASTS

• SHORTI

• A TEA SHOP

• SET CAP

Mnemonics

STEP

• S: sarcoidosis, silicosis

• T: tuberculosis

• E: eosinophilic pneumonia

• P: pneumoconiosis

BREASTS

• B: berylliosis

• R: radiation fibrosis

• E: extrinsic allergic alveolitis (now known as hypersensitivity pneumonitis), eosinophilic pneumonia

• A: allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis, ankylosing spondylitis

• S: sarcoidosis

• T: tuberculosis

• S: silicosis

SHORTI

• S: sarcoidosis, silicosis

• H: hypersensitivity pneumonitis

• O: occupational lung disease (silicosis, berylliosis)

• R: radiation fibrosis

• T: TB/Fungal

• I: idiopathic pleuroparenchymal fibroelastosis (IPPFE)

A TEA SHOP

• A: allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis

• T: tuberculosis

• E: extrinsic allergic alveolitis (now known as hypersensitivity pneumonitis)

• A: ankylosing spondylitis

• S: sarcoidosis

• H: histiocytosis, hypersensitivity pneumonitis

• O: occupational (silicosis, berylliosis)

• P: pneumoconiosis (coal workers)

SET CAP

• S: silicosis/sarcoidosis

• E: EG/extrinsic allergic alveolitis

• T: TB/fungal

• C: cystic fibrosis

• A: ankylosing spondylitis

• P: PCP

See also

• pulmonary fibrosis

• upper and lower lobe specific pathologies (mnemonic)

• upper lobe pulmonary fibrosis