Lucent/lytic bone lesion - differential diagnosis (mnemonic)
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Mnemonics for the differential diagnosis oflucent/lytic bone lesions include:
- FEGNOMASHIC
- FOG MACHINES
They are anagrams of each other and therefore include the same components. They are by no means exhaustive lists, but are a good start for remembering a differential for a lucent/lytic bone lesion and will suffice for >95% of the time 1.
Mnemonics
FEGNOMASHIC
- F: fibrous dysplasia (FD) or fibrous cortical defect (FCD)
- E: enchondroma or eosinophilic granuloma (EG)
- G: giant cell tumour (GCT)
- N: non-ossifying fibroma (NOF)
- O: osteoblastoma
- M: metastasis(es)/myeloma
- A: aneurysmal bone cyst (ABC)
- S: simple (unicameral) bone cyst
- H: hyperparathyroidism (brown tumour)
- I: infection (osteomyelitis)
- C: chondroblastoma or chondromyxoid fibroma
FOG MACHINES
- F: fibrous dysplasia (FD) or fibrous cortical defect (FCD)
- O: osteoblastoma
- G: giant cell tumour (GCT)
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M: metastasis(es)
//myelomamyeloma - A: aneurysmal bone cyst (ABC)
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C: chondroblastoma
oror chondromyxoid fibroma -
H: hyperparathyroidism
(brown(brown tumour) - I: infection (osteomyelitis)
- N: non-ossifying fibroma (NOF)
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E: enchondroma
oror eosinophilic granuloma (EG) - S: simple (unicameral) bone cyst
These lists are not exhaustive (e.g. intraosseous lipoma is omitted)
Related articles
- lytic bone lesion: main article: an approach: mnemonics
- Lodwick classification
-<p><strong>Mnemonics </strong>for the differential diagnosis of lucent/lytic bone lesions include:</p><ul>-<li>FEGNOMASHIC</li>-<li>FOG MACHINES</li>- +<p><strong>Mnemonics </strong>for the <strong>differential diagnosis of</strong> <strong>lucent/lytic bone lesions</strong> include:</p><ul>
- +<li><strong>FEGNOMASHIC</strong></li>
- +<li><strong>FOG MACHINES</strong></li>
-<strong>I: </strong><a title="Osteomyelitis" href="/articles/osteomyelitis">infection (osteomyelitis)</a>- +<strong>I: </strong><a href="/articles/osteomyelitis">infection (osteomyelitis)</a>
-<strong>F: </strong><a href="/articles/fibrous-dysplasia">fibrous dysplasia (FD)</a> or <a href="/articles/fibrous-cortical-defect">fibrous cortical defect (FCD)</a>-</li>- +<strong>F: </strong>fibrous dysplasia (FD) or fibrous cortical defect (FCD)</li>
-<strong>O: </strong><a href="/articles/osteoblastoma">osteoblastoma</a>-</li>- +<strong>O: </strong>osteoblastoma</li>
-<strong>G: </strong><a href="/articles/giant-cell-tumour-of-bone">giant cell tumour (GCT)</a>-</li>- +<strong>G: </strong>giant cell tumour (GCT)</li>
-<strong>M: </strong><a href="/articles/bony-metastases">metastasis</a>(es)/<a href="/articles/multiple-myeloma-1">myeloma</a>-</li>- +<strong>M: </strong>metastasis(es)/myeloma</li>
-<strong>A: </strong><a href="/articles/aneurysmal-bone-cyst">aneurysmal bone cyst (ABC)</a>-</li>- +<strong>A: </strong>aneurysmal bone cyst (ABC)</li>
-<strong>C: </strong><a href="/articles/chondroblastoma">chondroblastoma</a> or <a href="/articles/chondromyxoid-fibroma">chondromyxoid fibroma</a>-</li>- +<strong>C: </strong>chondroblastoma or chondromyxoid fibroma</li>
-<strong>H: </strong><a href="/articles/hyperparathyroidism">hyperparathyroidism</a> (<a href="/articles/brown-tumour">brown tumour</a>)</li>- +<strong>H: </strong>hyperparathyroidism (brown tumour)</li>
-<strong>I: </strong><a href="/articles/osteomyelitis">infection (osteomyelitis)</a>-</li>- +<strong>I: </strong>infection (osteomyelitis)</li>
-<strong>N: </strong><a href="/articles/non-ossifying-fibroma-1">non-ossifying fibroma (NOF)</a>-</li>- +<strong>N: </strong>non-ossifying fibroma (NOF)</li>
-<strong>E: </strong><a href="/articles/enchondroma">enchondroma</a> or <a href="/articles/langerhans-cell-histiocytosis-skeletal-manifestations-1">eosinophilic granuloma (EG)</a>-</li>- +<strong>E: </strong>enchondroma or eosinophilic granuloma (EG)</li>
-<strong>S: </strong><a href="/articles/unicameral-bone-cyst-ubc">simple (unicameral) bone cyst</a>-</li>- +<strong>S: </strong>simple (unicameral) bone cyst</li>
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FEGNOMASHIC (mnemonic)
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FOG MACHINES (mnemonic)
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FOGMACHINES (mnemonic)