This mnemonic has been commonly used to recall the differential diagnosis of a cardiophrenic angle mass: Fat PAD

F – Fat

P – Pericardial Cyst
A – Adenopathy (lymph nodes), Aneurysm
D – Diaphragmatic hernia

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