Musculoskeletal mnemonics: differentiating features.

Mnemonics are often used in musculoskeletal radiology to help radiologists remember long differential diagnoses. However, unless the specific appearance of each entity on a differential is also recalled, mnemonics become useless. This article presents 8 mnemonics with their corresponding differential diagnoses and distinguishing features.

Role of breast sonography in imaging of adolescents with palpable solid breast masses.

Objective: The purpose of this study was to assess the role of sonography in the diagnosis and management of palpable solid breast masses in adolescents and to correlate the sonographic findings with the histopathologic findings and clinical outcome.

Materials And Methods: A retrospective study was conducted with the breast sonograms of 20 adolescent girls 13-19 years old who presented with palpable breast masses found to be solid at breast sonography. The Stavros sonographic criteria were used to assess the benignity or malignancy of solid breast masses.