Erlenmeyer flask deformity (mnemonic)
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Some of the causes of an Erlenmeyer flask deformity can be recalled with the following mnemonics:
- CHONG
- Lead GNOME
Mnemonics
CHONG
- C: craniometaphyseal dysplasias
- H: haemoglobinopathies
- O: osteopetrosis
- N: Niemann-Pick disease
- G: Gaucher disease
Lead GNOME
- Lead: poisoning
- G: Gaucher disease
- N: Niemann-Pick disease
- O: osteopetrosis
- M: metaphyseal dysplasia (Pyle disease) and craniometaphyseal dysplasia
- E: 'ematological, e.g. thalassaemia
-<strong>C: </strong><a href="/articles/craniometaphyseal-dysplasia">craniometaphyseal dysplasias</a>- +<strong>C: </strong><a title="craniometaphyseal dysplasias" href="/articles/craniometaphyseal-dysplasia">craniometaphyseal dysplasias</a>
-<strong>N: </strong><a href="/articles/peroneus-brevis-1">Niemann-Pick disease</a>- +<strong>N: </strong><a title="Niemann-Pick disease" href="/articles/niemann-pick-disease">Niemann-Pick disease</a>
-<strong>M: </strong><a href="/articles/metaphyseal-dysplasia">metaphyseal dysplasia</a> (Pyle disease) and <a href="/articles/peroneus-brevis-1">craniometaphyseal dysplasia</a>- +<strong>M: </strong><a href="/articles/metaphyseal-dysplasia">metaphyseal dysplasia</a> (Pyle disease) and <a title="craniometaphyseal dysplasia" href="/articles/craniometaphyseal-dysplasia">craniometaphyseal dysplasia</a>
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