Radiopaedia Helpers

Prefix Hyphens

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"dilated lumen, wall enhancement and thickening, and peri-appendiceal fat stranding are suggestive of acute appendicitis"

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Accepted Abbreviations

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"Claudius Amyand (c.1681-1740) was a French surgeon who performed the first successful appendicectomy in 1735, on an 11-year-old boy who presented with an inflamed, perforated appendix in his inguinal hernia sac ⁷."

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Number Formatting

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"Claudius Amyand (c.1681-1740) was a French surgeon who performed the first successful appendicectomy in 1735, on an 11-year-old boy who presented with an inflamed, perforated appendix in his inguinal hernia sac ⁷."

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List Caps

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"Littre hernia"

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Oxford Comma

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"if acutely inflamed, the appendix is dilated, non-compressible, thickened and hypervascular"

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Biographical Lifespan

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"History and etymology"

Line 18:1 · A bold element in the History and etymology section should be a person; it would be useful to have their lifespan details: '<h4>History and etymology</h4> <p><strong>Claudius Amyand</strong> '

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