Anterior mediastinal masses: 4 T’s:

Chest radiograph: checklist to examine: “Pamela Found Our Rotation Particularly Exciting; Very Highly Commended Mainly ‘Cus She Arouses”:

Chest X-ray interpretation: Preliminary is ABCDEF:

Analysis is ABCDEF:

Airways (hilar adenopathy or enlargement)
Breast shadows/ Bones (rib fractures, lytic bone lesions)
Cardiac silhoutte (cardiac enlargement)/ Costophrenic angles (pleural effusions)
Diaphragm (evidence of free air)/ Digestive tract
Edges (apices for fibrosis, pneumothorax, pleural thickening or plaques)/ Extrathoracic tissues
Fields (evidence of alveolar filling)/ Failure (alveolar air space disease with prominent vascularity with or without pleural effusions)
- Author: Fahed Al-Daour

Chest X-ray: cavitating lesions differential: “If you see HOLES on chest X-ray, they are WEIRD“:

Wegener’s syndrome
Embolic (pulmonary, septic)
Infection (anaerobes, pneumocystis, TB)
Rheumatoid (necrobiotic nodules)
Developmental cysts (sequestration)
Histiocytosis
Oncological
Lymphangioleiomyomatosis
Environmental, occupational
Sarcoid
Alternatively: L=Left atrial myxoma
- Author: LW Mason, and Anonymous Contributor 4th Year Medical Student and Not Specified

Dermatomyositis or polymyositis: risk of underlying malignancy

Esophageal cancer: risk factors: ABCDEF:

Elbow ossification centers, in sequence: CRITOE:

Capitellum
Radial head
Internal epicondyle
Trochlea
Olecranon
External epicondyle
In order: appear at 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11 years; each closes 2 years later.
- Author: Vince Yamashiroya

Head CT scan: evaluation checklist: “Blood Can Be Very Bad”:

Lung cancer: main sites for distant metastases: BLAB:

Bone
Liver
Adrenals
Brain
- Author: Ian Silver Queen’s University School of Medicine, Kingston, ON, Canada

Lung cancer: notorious consequences: SPEECH:

Mole: signs of trouble: ABCDE:

Neck sagittal x-ray: examination checklist: ABCD:

Anterior: look for swelling
Bones: examine each bone for fractures
Cartilage: look for slipped discs
Dark spots: ensure not abnormally big, or could mean excess blood
- Author: Robert O’Connor University College Dublin

Osteoarthritis: x-ray signs: LOSS:

Loss of joint space
Osteopyhtes
Subcondral sclerosis
Subchondral cysts
- Author: Gajan Rajeswaran Final Year Medical Student, Imperial College School Of Medicine, London

Pituitary endocrine functions often affected by pituitary-associated tumor: “Go Look For the Adenoma Please”:

Prognotic factors for cancer: general: PROGNOSIS:

Presentation (time & course)
Response to treatment
Old (bad prog.)
Good intervention (i.e. early)
Non-compliance with treatment
Order of differentiation (>1 cell type)
Stage of disease
Ill health
Spread (diffuse)
- Author: Cashman, Reidy, Motty, BB University of Queensland, Australia

“WW 2” (World War II):

Water is White in a T2
Conversely, a T1 scan shows fat as being whiter.
- Author: Jason Galarneau Flinders University School of Medicine, South Australia