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Internal jugular vein tributaries (mnemonic)
A useful mnemonic to remember the branches of the internal jugular vein is:
Medical Schools Let Fun People In
Mnemonic
From inferior to superior:
M: middle thyroid vein
S: superior thyroid vein
L: lingual vein
F: facial vein
P: pharyngeal vein
I: inferior petrosal sinus
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Couinaud classification of hepatic segments (mnemonic)
Pauli et al published a "handy" way to remember the Couinaud classification of hepatic segments 1.
Make a fist with your right hand. The fingers should be wrapped around the flexed thumb and the fist should face you. The segments are represented by the following:
segment 1: (caudate): the thum...
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Hyperintense on T1-weighted images (mnemonic)
Mnemonics for hyperintense T1-weighted lesions include:
My Best Friend is Pretty Cool
3 Fs and 4 Ms
Mnemonic
My Best Friend is Pretty Cool:
M: melanin
B: blood (i.e. methemoglobin in subacute hemorrhage)
F: fat and slow flow
P: protein; paramagnetic substances (e.g. manganese, copper); p...
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5-F risk factors for cholelithiasis (mnemonic)
The 5-F rule refers to risk factors for the development of cholelithiasis in the event of upper abdominal pain:
fair: more prevalent in the Caucasian population 1
fat: BMI >30 kg/m2 and hyperlipidemia 3,4
female
fertile: one or more children
forty: age ≥40 years
cholelithiasis can occur in...
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Benign lytic bone lesions that rarely occur in patients over 30 (mnemonic)
A mnemonic to remember five benign lytic lesions that rarely occur in patients over 30 years old
SCAN Everything
Mnemonic
S: simple bone cyst
C: chondroblastoma
A: aneurysmal bone cyst
N: non-ossifying fibroma (including fibrous cortical defect)
E: eosinophilic granuloma
In a patient old...
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Charcot joint causes (mnemonic)
The causes of a Charcot joint can be remembered, using a mnemonic - with a little poetic license - as they (all) start with the letter S.
Mnemonic
s: sugar (diabetes)
s: syphilis
s: steroid use
s: syringomyelia
s: spinal cord injury
s: spina bifida
s: scleroderma
s: scaly disease (lepro...
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Pneumatosis intestinalis (mnemonic)
A helpful mnemonic for remembering the causes of pneumatosis intestinalis is:
ChIPS
Mnemonic
C: chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
I: ischemia
P: pneumatosis cystoides intestinalis
S: scleroderma/steroids
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Posterior vertebral element lesions (mnemonic)
A mnemonic for posterior vertebral element lesions is:
GO TAPE
Mnemonic
G: giant cell tumor
O: osteoid osteoma / osteoblastoma
T: tuberculosis
A: aneurysmal bone cyst
P: Paget disease
E: eosinophilic granuloma
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Osteoarthritis (mnemonic)
A mnemonic to remember the main signs of osteoarthritis on plain radiography is:
LOSS
Mnemonic
L: loss of joint space
O: osteophytes
S: subchondral cysts
S: subchondral sclerosis
Mnemonics for Heberden nodes and Bouchard nodes:
Heberden- Distal interphalangeal joint (H-D) (High Definitio...
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Idiopathic intracranial hypertension (mnemonic)
Two useful mnemonics to remember the features of idiopathic intracranial hypertension are:
VOMER
MOVES
Mnemonics
VOMER
V: ventricles of normal or reduced size
O: optic disc protrusion
M: Meckel's cave enlargement
E: empty sella
R: reduced caliber (stenosis) venous sinuses
MOVES
M: M...
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Sclerotic bone metastasis (mnemonic)
A mnemonic for remembering which tumors may lead to sclerotic bone metastases is:
6 Bees Lick Pollen
Mnemonic
B: bone (osteogenic carcinoma)
B: breast
B: bronchus (carcinoid)
B: bladder (TCC)
B: brain (medulloblastoma)
B: bowel (mucinous)
L: lymphoma
P: prostate
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Causes of pulseless electrical activity (mnemonic)
Pulseless electrical activity is a very disconcerting emergency medical scenario with very high mortality unless its etiology can be quickly ascertained and corrected. A mnemonic to remember the different causes of pulseless electrical activity is:
MAD (triple H) CAT
Mnemonic
M: massive pulmo...
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Rotator cuff (mnemonic)
Mnemonics to recall the muscles of the rotator cuff are:
SITS
TISS
Mnemonic
S: supraspinatus
I: infraspinatus
T: teres minor
S: subscapularis
With 'SITS', recalling this order also helps remember the insertions of these muscles, with the order being superior, middle, and inferior facets ...
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Post renal transplant fluid collections (mnemonic)
Following renal transplant, different perinephric fluid collections tend to present at different times in the postoperative period. These can be remembered in order using the mnemonic:
HEAL
Mnemonic
H: hematoma (immediate)
E: encapsulated urine collections/urinomas (1-2 weeks)
A: abscess (3...
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Solitary filling defect in ureters (mnemonic)
Solitary filling defect with a ureter, as seen on conventional IVU or CT IVU has a few differentials which can be remembered using this mnemonic:
CUPS MET
Mnemonic
C: clot
U: ureteric stone
P: polyp
S: sloughed papilla
M: metastasis
E: endometriosis
T: tuberculosis, transitional cell...
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Multiple filling defects of ureter (mnemonic)
Multiple filling defects within a ureter, as seen on conventional IVU or CT IVU, have a relatively small differential which can be learned using this mnemonic:
CUT SLIM
Mnemonic
C: clots
U: ureteritis cystica
T: transitional cell carcinoma (TCC)
S: stones, Stevens-Johnson syndrome
L: l...
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Normal pressure hydrocephalus (mnenomic)
The symptoms of normal pressure hydrocephalus (NPH) can be recalled with the following mnemonics:
wet, wacky, wobbly
AID
Mnemonics
wet: urinary incontinence
wacky: dementia (memory disturbance)
wobbly: gait disturbance
A: ataxic gait
I: incontinence
D: dementia
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Posterior vertebral scalloping (mnemonic)
A useful mnemonic to remember the differential diagnoses for posterior vertebral scalloping is:
SALMON
Mnemonic
S: spinal cord tumor (e.g. astrocytoma, ependymoma, schwannoma)
A: achondroplasia, acromegaly
L: Loeys-Dietz syndrome (and other connective tissue disorders)
M: Marfan's syndrome...
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Tendons of pes anserinus (mnemonic)
Mnemonics for remembering the three conjoined tendons that make up the pes anserinus include:
Say Grace before Tea
SerGeanT
Sui Gas Supply
Mnemonics
From anterior to posterior, the tendons are:
Say Grace before Tea
S: sartorius
G: gracilis
T: semitendinosus
SerGeanT
S: sartorius
G: g...
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Germ cell tumors (mnemonic)
A mnemonic for the differential diagnosis for germ cell tumors is:
SECTE
Mnemonic
S: seminoma
E: embryonal cell carcinoma
C: choriocarcinoma
T: teratoma
E: endodermal sinus tumor (yolk sac tumor)
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