Lucent/lytic rib lesion (mnemonic)

Mnemonics for lucent/lytic rib lesions include:

• FAME
• FEMALES

These are just short lists for the possible causes of a lucent/lytic rib lesion. The list of lucent/lytic bone lesions is far longer.

Mnemonics

FAME

• F: fibrous dysplasia
• A: aneurysmal bone cyst (ABC)
• M: metastasis to bone/multiple myeloma
• E: enchondroma/eosinophilic granuloma

​FEMALES

• F: fibrous dysplasia
• E: enchondroma
• M: metastasis to bone/multiple myeloma
• A: aneurysmal bone cyst (ABC)
• L: lymphoma
• E: eosinophilic granuloma
• S: sarcoma

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