Erlenmeyer flask deformity (mnemonic)
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Some of the causes of an Erlenmeyer flask deformity can be recalled with the following mnemonics:
- AP OF DR GHLN
- CHONG
- Lead GNOME
- APC(de)FGH
Mnemonics
AP OF DR GHLN
- A: achondroplasia
- P: Pyle disease (metaphseal dysplasia) andcraniometaphyseal dysplasias
- O: osteopetrosis, osteochondromatosis
- F:fibrous dysplasia
- D: down syndrome
- R: rheumatoid arthritis, rickets
- G: gaucher disease
- H: hypophosphatasia, haemoglobinopathies ( thalassaemia, sickle cell disease)
- L: leukemia, lead poisoning
- N: Niemann-Pick disease
CHONG
- C: craniometaphyseal dysplasias
- H: haemoglobinopathies
- O: osteopetrosis, osteochondromatosis
- N: Niemann-Pick disease
- G: Gaucher disease
Lead GNOME
- Lead: lead poisoning
- G: Gaucher disease
- N: Niemann-Pick disease
- O: osteopetrosis, osteochondromatosis
- M: metaphyseal dysplasia (Pyle disease) and craniometaphyseal dysplasia
- E: 'ematological, e.g. thalassaemia
APC(de)FGH
- A: achondroplasia
- P: osteoPetrosis
- C: craniometaphyseal dysplasia
- F: fibrous dysplasia
- G: Gaucher disease
- H: haemoglobinopathy (thalassaemia and sickle cell disease), hereditary multiple exostosis
See also
-<strong>P: </strong><a title="Pyle disease" href="/articles/pyle-disease">Pyle disease</a> (metaphseal dysplasia) and<strong> </strong><a href="/articles/craniometaphyseal-dysplasias">craniometaphyseal dysplasias</a>- +<strong>P: </strong><a href="/articles/pyle-disease">Pyle disease</a> (metaphseal dysplasia) and<strong> </strong><a href="/articles/craniometaphyseal-dysplasias">craniometaphyseal dysplasias</a>
-<strong>N</strong><strong>: </strong><a title="Niemann-Pick disease" href="/articles/niemann-pick-disease">Niemann-Pick disease</a><strong> </strong>- +<strong>N</strong><strong>: </strong><a href="/articles/niemann-pick-disease">Niemann-Pick disease</a><strong> </strong>
-<strong>G: </strong><a title="Gaucher disease" href="/articles/gaucher-disease">Gaucher disease</a>- +<strong>G: </strong><a href="/articles/gaucher-disease">Gaucher disease</a>
-<strong>N: </strong><a title="Niemann-Pick disease" href="/articles/niemann-pick-disease">Niemann-Pick disease</a>- +<strong>N: </strong><a href="/articles/niemann-pick-disease">Niemann-Pick disease</a>
-<strong>O: </strong><a title="osteopetrosis" href="/articles/osteopetrosis">osteopetrosis</a>, <a href="/articles/hereditary-multiple-exostoses">osteochondromatosis</a>- +<strong>O: </strong><a href="/articles/osteopetrosis">osteopetrosis</a>, <a href="/articles/hereditary-multiple-exostoses">osteochondromatosis</a>
-<strong>M: </strong><a title="Metaphyseal dysplasia" href="/articles/metaphyseal-dysplasia">metaphyseal dysplasia</a> (Pyle disease) and craniometaphyseal dysplasia</li>- +<strong>M: </strong><a href="/articles/metaphyseal-dysplasia">metaphyseal dysplasia</a> (Pyle disease) and craniometaphyseal dysplasia</li>
-</ul>- +</ul><h4>See also</h4><ul><li><a title="Erlenmeyer flask deformity" href="/articles/erlenmeyer-flask-deformity-1">Erlenmeyer flask deformity</a></li></ul>
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