Upper Lobe: SET CAP or FASTEN
S: Silicosis/sarcoidosis
E: Extrinsic allergic alveolitis (hypersensitivity pneumonitis)
T: Tuberculosis
C: Cystic Fibrosis
A: Ankylosing spondylitis
P: Pneumocystis Pneumonitis
OR
F: Farmer’s lung (hypersensitivity pneumonitis)
A: Ankylosing spondylitis
S: Silicosis/sarcoidosis
T: Tuberculosis
E: Eosinophilic granuloma
N: Neurofibromatosis
Lower Lobe: BAD RASH
B: Bronchiectasis
A: Aspiration
D: Desquamative interstitial pneumonia
R: Rheumatoid Arthritis
A: Asbestosis
S: Scleroderma
H: Hamman-Reich Syndrome (Acute interstitial pneumonitis)
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