| ring lesions in brain | <radiology> Hypodense, peripherally enhancing lesions, ** mnemonic: MAGIC DR., metastasis, abscess, glioma, granuloma, infarct, contusion, demyelination, resolving haematoma (12 Dec 1998) |
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| circumscribed breast lesions | <radiology> Lucent, lipoma, oil cyst (following haematoma or biopsy), galactocele (associated with lactation), mixed density, fibro-adeno-lipoma, galactocele, intramammary lymph node, haematoma (12 Dec 1998) |
| cold bone lesions | <radiology> Overlying atenuation caused by pacemaker, barium, metal cross, wristwatch, radiation therapy, local vascular compromise, early osteomyelitis, tumour: neuroblastoma, renal cell carcinoma, thyroid carcinoma, anaplastic tumours (e.g. Reticulum cell sarcoma) (12 Dec 1998) |
| polypoid gallbladder lesions | <radiology> Cholesterol polyp, adenoma, papilloma (usually less than 1 cm, may be premalignant), carcinoma, metastasis, adenomyomatosis, tumefactive sludge, inflammatory polyp (12 Dec 1998) |
| hot bone lesions | <radiology> Non-routine localised hot bone lesions: Paget's disease, osteoid osteoma, fibrous dysplasia, melorheostosis generalised: hyperparathyroidism, haematologic disorders, Paget disease (rare), fibrous dysplasia, renal osteodystrophy (12 Dec 1998) |
| skin lesions of tuberous sclerosis | <radiology> Adenoma sebaceum, Shagreen patches, periungual fibromata, ash-leaf hypopigmentation (12 Dec 1998) |
| stellate breast lesions | <radiology> Scirrhous carcinoma (infiltrating ductal carcinoma), small (baby) scirrhous carcinoma, sclerosing ductal hyperplasia, traumatic fat necrosis, hyalinised fibroadenoma (12 Dec 1998) |
| target lesions of liver/spleen | <radiology> Lymphosarcoma (including Kaposi sarcoma), melanoma (12 Dec 1998) |
| large breast lesions | <radiology> Breast masses greater than 5 cm, lucent: lipoma, mixed lucent/opaque: fibro-adeno-lipoma, low-density opaque: giant fibroadenoma, cyst, cystosarcoma phylloides, mucinous carcinoma, high-density opaque (large and dense) (12 Dec 1998) |
| large, dense breast lesions | <radiology> Carcinoma, sarcoma, cystosarcoma phylloides, cyst, abscess, lymph nodes (lymphoma, leukaemia, metastasis) (12 Dec 1998) |