"F: fibrous dysplasia (FD) or fibrous cortical defect (FCD)"
"E: enchondroma or eosinophilic granuloma (EG)"
"G: giant cell tumour (GCT) or geode"
"N: non-ossifying fibroma (NOF)"
"O: osteoblastoma"
"M: metastasis(es)/myeloma"
"A: aneurysmal bone cyst (ABC)"
"S: simple (unicameral) bone cyst"
"H: hyperparathyroidism (brown tumour)"
"I: infection (osteomyelitis) or infarction (bone infarction) or intraosseous lipoma"
"C: chondroblastoma or chondromyxoid fibroma"
"F: fibrous dysplasia (FD) or fibrous cortical defect (FCD)"
"O: osteoblastoma"
"G: giant cell tumour (GCT) or geode"
"M: metastasis(es)/myeloma"
"A: aneurysmal bone cyst (ABC)"
"C: chondroblastoma or chondromyxoid fibroma"
"H: hyperparathyroidism (brown tumour)"
"I: infection (osteomyelitis) or infarction (bone infarction) or intraosseous lipoma"
"N: non-ossifying fibroma (NOF)"
"E: enchondroma or eosinophilic granuloma (EG)"
"S: simple (unicameral) bone cyst"
"The earliest reference to FEGNOMASHIC in the literature seems to be from a paper published by a group of radiologists at University of California in 1972, which was itself based on work presented at the Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting of the Radiological Society of North America in 1971. Its invention likely predates this, however its origin remains obscure. It was certainly not invented by the renowned musculoskeletal radiologist Clyde Helms, as some claim, not least because Helms himself stated that he was taught it whilst in the Air Force, before he had even started his radiology residency 1,3!"
"FEGNOMASHIC"
"FOG MACHINES"
"FEGNOMASHIC"
"FOG MACHINES"
"The earliest reference to FEGNOMASHIC in the literature seems to be from a paper published by a group of radiologists at University of California in 1972, which was itself based on work presented at the Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting of the Radiological Society of North America in 1971. Its invention likely predates this, however its origin remains obscure. It was certainly not invented by the renowned musculoskeletal radiologist Clyde Helms, as some claim, not least because Helms himself stated that he was taught it whilst in the Air Force, before he had even started his radiology residency 1,3!"
"F: fibrous dysplasia (FD) or fibrous cortical defect (FCD)"
"E: enchondroma or eosinophilic granuloma (EG)"
"G: giant cell tumour (GCT) or geode"
"N: non-ossifying fibroma (NOF)"
"O: osteoblastoma"
"A: aneurysmal bone cyst (ABC)"
"S: simple (unicameral) bone cyst"
"H: hyperparathyroidism (brown tumour)"
"F: fibrous dysplasia (FD) or fibrous cortical defect (FCD)"
"O: osteoblastoma"
"G: giant cell tumour (GCT) or geode"
"A: aneurysmal bone cyst (ABC)"
"H: hyperparathyroidism (brown tumour)"
"N: non-ossifying fibroma (NOF)"
"E: enchondroma or eosinophilic granuloma (EG)"
"S: simple (unicameral) bone cyst"
Expected headings
"Mnemonics"
"FEGNOMASHIC"
"FOG MACHINES"