Basilar invagination
PF ROACH Paget FD Rickets OI/malacia Achondroplasia CCD HPT/Hurler
Subchondral cysts
COORS CPPD OA Osteonecrosis RA Synovial-based tumors
Acetabular protrusion
PORT Paget Osteomalacia RA Trauma
Sternoclavicular sclerosis
STOP SAPHO Traumatic osteolysis Osteomyelitis/Osteosarcoma Paget
Distal clavicle resorption
SHIRT Scleroderma Hyperparathyroidism Infection Rheumatoid arthritis Traumatic osteolysis
Osteonecrosis
ASEPTIC Anemias SLE/Sickle cell ETOH Pancreatitis Trauma Infection Caisson disease
Acro-osteolysis
PINCH FO Psoriasis Infection Neuropathic Collage Vascular Disease Hyperparathyroidism Familial Other (PVC)
Chondrocalcinosis
HOGWASH Hyperparathyroidism Ochronosis Gout Wilson disease Arthritis pSeudogout Hemochromatosis
Erlenmeyer flask deformity
CHONGO Craniometaphyseal dysplasia Hemoglobinopathies Osteopetrosis Neimann Pick Gaucher Other
Dense Metaphyseal lines
LINES Lead Infantile growth arrest Normal lEukemia (treated) Syphilis
Lucent metaphyseal lines
No TLC Normal TORCH Leukemia Chronic illness
Gracile bones
NIMROD NF Immobilization Muscular dystrophy RA OI Dysplasia
Madelung deformity
HITDOC Hurler Infection Trauma Dyschondrosteosis Osteochondroma Congenital - Turner
Short Metacarpal
BIC Pen Basal Cell Nevus Idiopathic Chromosomal - Turner Psuedo/Pseudo-pseudohypoparathyroidism
Diaphyseal lesions (general)
CEMENT Cysts Enchondroma Mets EG NOF TB
Cortically based lesion
MOFOS Mets Osteomyelitis Fibrosarcoma OO Stress fracture
Iliac Wing Lesions
FUCk ME FD UBC Chondrosarcoma Mets/MM Ewing
Vertebra plana
IMELT Infection Mets/MM EG Lymphoma/leukemia Trauma
Bony sequestrum
LIFE Lymphoma Infection Fibrosarcoma EG
Rib lesion
FAME FD ABC MM/mets/lymphoma EG/enchondroma
Epiphyseal lesions
CIGS Chondroblastoma Infection GCT/EG Subchondral cyst
Focal sclerotic lesion
HOME LIFE Healed NOF Osteoma Mets Ewing Lymphoma Infection/Infarct FD Enchondroma
Permeative lesions
FIRE Fibrosarcoma Infection Round cell tumor EG Mets/MM
Skull tumors
MEL TORME Mets EG Lymphoma TB OM Radiation Mets Epidermoid