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Stellate breast lesions: causes (mnemonic)
A handy mnemonic to recall the causes of a stellate breast lesion is:
STARFACE
Mnemonic
S: summation shadow
T: tumor (i.e. invasive breast cancer)
A: abscess
R: radial scar
F: fibroadenoma / fat necrosis
A: adenosis (sclerosing)
CE: other causes, hematoma (e.g. postoperative, post biops...
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Causes of breast edema (mnemonic)
The causes of breast edema can be remembered using the mnemonic:
VIRALS
Mnemonic
V: venous obstruction
I: inflammatory breast cancer
R: radiotherapy
A: abscess
L: lymphatic obstruction
S: surgery (recent), secondaries 2
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Breast lesion localization (mnemonic)
A mnemonic to help remember breast lesion localization when given a set of mammograms in mediolateral oblique (MLO) and 90-degree/true lateral (mediolateral [ML] or lateromedial [LM]) views to predict laterality is:
muffins rise and lead falls
This can help localize a finding on MLO during dia...
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Gynecomastia causes (mnemonic)
Mnemonic for the causes of gynecomastia:
CODES
Mnemonic
C: cirrhosis
O: obesity
D: digoxin
E: estrogen
S: spironolactone
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Common calcifying metastases (mnemonic)
A simple mnemonic to recall a list of commonly calcifying metastases is:
BOTOM
Mnemonic
B: breast cancer
O: osteosarcoma
T: papillary thyroid cancer
O: ovarian cancer (especially mucinous)
M: mucinous adenocarcinoma (especially colorectal carcinoma)