RESPIRATORY PNEUMONICS

RESPIRATORY PNEUMONICS

Interstitial Lung Disease

Sarcoid

Histiocytosis X

Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis

Tumor (Lymphangitic)

Failure

Asbestosis (and other dusts)

Collagen Vascular Disease

Environmental dusts (organic – farmer’s lung, inorganic – silica, coal)

Drug

ABC’s of Trauma
The chest radiograph is an economical and sensitive screening examination for the major injuries in the patient who has sustained blunt chest trauma. Just as the physician uses the ABC’s to stabilize the critical ill patient (Airway, Breathing, Circulation), the radiologic ABC’s prompt the radiologist to consider all of the critical injuries that may be sustained with blunt trauma. THE most critical injury is considered first.

Aortic Transection

Bronchial fracture

Cord injury (Thoracic spine)

Diaphragmatic rupture

Esophageal tear

Flail chest

Gas (subtle pneumothorax)

Heart (Cardiac injury)

Iatrogenic (Misplaced monitoring & support catheters)

 

PEARL: Causes of Unilateral Lung Disease 

 

Pneumonia

Edema

Aspiration

Radiation

Lymphangtic Tumor

 

 

FAT PAD: Cardiophrenic angle mass 

Fat

Pericardial cyst

Adenopathy/Aneurysm

Diaphragmatic Hernia

 

BIG HIPS: Honeycomb Lung

             Bleomycin

Idiopathic

Granulomas

Histiocytosis X

Interstitial pneumonia

Pneumoconiosis

Sarcoid

 

Late Night Sex: Interstitial lung disease & Hyperinflation 

 

Lymphangiomyomatosis

Neurofibromatosis

Sarcoid

Emphysema

X, histiocytosis

Balls: Nodules with Air Bronchograms 

BAC

Amyloid

Lymphoma

Lipoid pneumonia

Sarcoid

Balls: Chronic Airspace Disease

              Bronchoalveolar carcinoma

BOOP

Aspiration

Alveolar proteinosis

Lipoid pneumonia

Loeffler’s (chronic eosinophilic pneumonia)

Lymphoma

Pseudolymphoma

Sarcoid (alveolar)

Set Carp: Apical Lung Disease 

Sarcoid

EG, Eosinophilic pneumonia

Tuberculosis

Cystic Fibrosis

Ankylosing spondylitis

Radiation therapy

PCP (cystic)

Pneumoconiosis

Bad Rash: Basilar Lung Disease

Bronchiectasis, BOOP

Aspiration

Drugs

Rheumatoid

Asbestosis

Scleroderma

Hamman-Rich

YES CT: Germ Cell Tumors  

Yolk Sac Tumors

Embryonal cell carcinoma

Seminoma

Choriocarcinoma

Teratoma

Systemic Pulmonary Artery Shunts 

Good Glenn ( SVC to RPA )

Flow Fontan ( RA to RV )

Really Rastelli ( RV to RPA )

Would Waterston-Cooley ( RPA to AA )

Be Blalock-Taussig ( RPA to subclavian )

Perfect Potts ( LPA to DA )

Contrast Enhancing Mediastinal Mass

Capt/Capt

Castleman

Aneurysm

Paraganglioma

Thryoid

Carcinoid

Aneurysm (so important needs to be mentioned twice)

Parathyroid

Tuberculosis

O Captian! My Captian

O Captain! my Captian! our fearful trip is done;

The ship has weather’d every rack, the prize we sought is won;

The port is near; the bells I hear; the people all exulting,

While follow eyes the steady keel, the vessel grim and daring, Walt Whitman

Multiple thin-walled cavities

Pitch

Pneumatocele + bullae

Infections (Tb, cocci)

Tumors (Squamous cell)

Cysts (bronchogenic, trauma)

Hydrocarbon ingestion

Solitary Lung Mass

CASH PLEASE (if you miss it!)

Cancer

Abscess

Solitary met

Hamartoma

Psuedotumor

Lymphoma

Echinococcus

Actinomycosis

Sequestration

Calcifying Metastases

BOTTOM

Breast

Osteogenic carcinoma

Thyroid (papillary)

Ovarian

Mucinous adenocarcinoma

Multiple Pleural Masses

MALLETS

Mesothelioma

Adenocarcinoma

Lymphoma

Leukemia

Empyema

Thymoma

Splenosis

Cavity

Cancer

Autoimmune (Wegeners, RA)

Vascular (septic emboli)

Infectious (Tb, Abscess)

Trauma

Young (bronchogenic cyst, laryngotracheal papillomatosis)

Reference: http://www.chestx-ray.com/Education/Educat.html

August 22, 2010 | Categories: EDUCATIONAL, RADIOLOGY | Tags: MNEMONICS, Respiratory | Leave a comment