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Conditions with lower lobe predominance (mnemonic)

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Mnemonics for conditions with a lower lobe predominance in chest radiology include:

CIA
BAD AS
RASCO

MnemonicMnemonics

CIA

C: collagen vascular ~~disease~~diseases
I: idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis
A: asbestosis

BAD AS

B: bronchiectasis
A: aspiration pneumonia
D: drugs; desquamative interstitial pneumonia
A: asbestosis
S: scleroderma ~~and~~ (and other collagen vascular ~~disease~~diseases)

RASCO

R: rheumatoid arthritis
A: asbestosis
S: scleroderma
C: collagen vascular ~~disease~~diseases
O: other (drugs, e.g. busulfan, bleomycin, nitrofurantoin, hydralazine, methotrexate, amiodarone)

~~-<p><strong>Mnemonics for conditions with a lower lobe predominance</strong> in chest radiology include:</p><ul>~~
+<p><strong>Mnemonics </strong>for<strong> conditions with a lower lobe predominance</strong> in chest radiology include:</p><ul>
~~-</ul><h4>Mnemonic</h4><h5>CIA</h5><ul>~~
+</ul><h4>Mnemonics</h4><h5>CIA</h5><ul>
~~-<strong>C: </strong>collagen vascular disease</li>~~
+<strong>C: </strong>collagen vascular diseases</li>
~~-<strong>A: </strong><a href="/articles/asbestosis">asbestosis</a>~~
~~-</li>~~
+<strong>A: </strong>asbestosis</li>
~~-<strong>S: </strong><a href="/articles/scleroderma">scleroderma</a> and <a href="/articles/peroneus-brevis-1">collagen vascular disease</a>~~
~~-</li>~~
+<strong>S: </strong><a href="/articles/scleroderma">scleroderma</a> (and other collagen vascular diseases)</li>
~~-<strong>A: </strong><a href="/articles/asbestosis">asbestosis</a>~~
~~-</li>~~
+<strong>A: </strong>asbestosis</li>
~~-<strong>S:</strong> <a href="/articles/scleroderma">scleroderma</a>~~
~~-</li>~~
+<strong>S:</strong> scleroderma</li>
~~-<strong>C: </strong><a href="/articles/collagen-vascular-disease">collagen vascular disease</a>~~
~~-</li>~~
+<strong>C: </strong>collagen vascular diseases</li>
~~-<strong>O: </strong>other (drugs, e.g. busulfan, bleomycin, nitrofurantoin, hydralazine, methotrexate, amiodarone)</li>~~
+<strong>O: </strong>other (drugs, e.g. busulfan, bleomycin, nitrofurantoin, hydralazine, methotrexate, <a title="Amiodarone lung" href="/articles/amiodarone-lung-1">amiodarone</a>)</li>