The list of differential diagnoses for miliary lung nodules can be recalled with the mnemonic:
- TEMPEST
Mnemonic
TEMPEST
- T: tuberculosis
- E: eosinophilic granuloma
- M: metastases (especially thyroid)
- P: pneumoconiosis
- E: extrinsic allergic alveolitis (now known as hypersensitivity pneumonitis)
- S: sarcoidosis
- T: tuberous sclerosis (multifocal micronodular pneumocyte hyperplasia - rare)