Anterior Mediastinal Masses DDx Mnemonic – “4 T’s’
You’re staring at a chest X-ray that looks like someone parked a mango in the upper mediastinum. Your radiologist friend murmurs, “Anterior mediastinal mass.”
Cue...
Causes of Ring-Enhancing Brain Lesions on CT/MRI Mnemonic
Few things in radiology make medics sit up straighter than a ring-enhancing lesion on brain CT/MRI. It’s the imaging equivalent of your boss walking...
Causes of Pulmonary Nodules Mnemonic
Pulmonary nodules — the “small round thing” that shows up on CT and sends half the ward into a frenzy.
Is it TB? Cancer? A...
Crohn’s disease X-Ray Features Mnemonic: “CHRONS”
When you're rushing through a barium follow-through, one eye on the clock, the other on the resident who forgot to remove the ECG leads...
OSLER-WEBER-RENDU SYNDROME Mnemonic: “TEACH”
Let’s talk about a syndrome that makes every intern sweat during ward rounds and every examiner smile during vivas: Osler-Weber-Rendu Syndrome, also known (less...