Multiple lucent/lytic bone lesions (mnemonic)
Last revised by Andrew Murphy on 1 Feb 2021
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Niknejad M, Murphy A, Al Kabbani A, et al. Multiple lucent/lytic bone lesions (mnemonic). Reference article, Radiopaedia.org (Accessed on 04 Dec 2023) https://doi.org/10.53347/rID-21093
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3 Jan 2013, Mohammad Taghi Niknejad ◉
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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 FFEMHI, while not exhaustive, is a good place to start.
Mnemonic
FEEMHI
- F: fibrous dysplasia
- E: eosinophilic granuloma
- E: enchondroma
- M: metastatic disease and myeloma
- H: hyperparathyroidism (brown tumors)
- 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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