Multiple lucent/lytic bone lesions (mnemonic)
Last revised by Ronald Crandall ◉
on 30 May 2024
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Niknejad M, Crandall R, Murphy A, et al. Multiple lucent/lytic bone lesions (mnemonic). Reference article, Radiopaedia.org (Accessed on 30 Mar 2025) https://doi.org/10.53347/rID-21093
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- FEEMHI (mnemonic)
A mnemonic for remembering multiple lucent/lytic bones lesions is:
FEEMHI
The list of lucent/lytic bone lesions is huge. However, where there are multiple lesions, the potential list of differentials is considerably shorter and FEEMHI, while not exhaustive, is a good place to start.
Mnemonic
FEEMHI
E: enchondroma
M: metastatic disease and myeloma
I: infection
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- 1. Brant WE, Helms CA. Fundamentals of diagnostic radiology. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. (2007) ISBN:0781765188. Read it at Google Books - Find it at Amazon
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