A useful mnemonic for remembering the causes of cone-shaped epiphysis is:
- ABCDE MOST
Mnemonic
- A: achondroplasia, acrodysostosis
- B: Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome
- C: chondroplasia punctata, Cockayne syndrome, conorenal syndrome, cleidocranial dysplasia, cartilage-hair hypoplasia
- D: dactylitis, Dyggve-Melchior-Clausen syndrome
- E: Ellis van Creveld syndrome
- M: multiple epiphyseal dysplasia, metabolic (hyperthyroidism)
- O: osteomyelitis
- S: sickle cell disease
- T: thermal injury (burns, frostbite), trichorhinophalangeal syndrome