RESPIRATORY
1. BREASTS - pulmonary upper zone involvement
B - Berylliosis
R - Radiation
E - Extrinsic allergic alveolitis
S - Sarcoidosis
T - TB
S - Sillicosis
2. BADAS - pulmonary lower zone involvement
B - Bronchiectasis
A - Aspiration pneumonia
D - Drugs
A - Asbestosis
S - Scleroderma/collagen vascular diseases
3. CAVITY - cavitating lesion
C - Cancer (primary or secondary squamous cell carcinoma)
A - Autoimmune (rheumatoid nodules, granulomatosis with polyangiitis)
V - Vascular (bland and septic pulmonary emboli)
I - Infection (staphlococcus, klebsiella, post primary TB)
T - Trauma (pneumatocoele)
Y - Youth (CPAM, sequestration, bronchogenic cyst)
4. LENT - interstitial lung disease without volume loss
L - Lymphangiomyomatosis
E - Eosinophilic granuloma (pulmonary Langerhans' cell histiocytosis)
N - Neurofibromatosis type 1
T - Tuberous sclerosis
5. BOBCAT - calcified lung metastases [3]
B - Bone (osteosarcoma, chondrosarcoma)
O - Ovary
B - Breast
C - Colon
A - Any primary post chemotherapy
T - Thyroid
6. SICCIE - peripheral consolidation [3]
S - Sarcoid
I - Infarct
C - Cryptogenic organising pneumonia
C - Contusion
I - Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis
E - Eosinophilic pneumonia (late)
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