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Colon Spacing

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"normal radiology : NETs are usually incidental findings"

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Adjectival Hyphens

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"post-inflammatory mucosal hyperplasia ¹⁹"

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Acronyms

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"The 2019 WHO/PSOGI consensus replaced MANEC (mixed adenoneuroendocrine carcinoma) with MiNEN (mixed neuroendocrine-non neuroendocrine neoplasm), a broader category which includes any tumour with both neuroendocrine and non-neuroendocrine epithelial components (not limited to adenocarcinoma), each constituting at least 30% of the tumour volume. The non-neuroendocrine component in MiNEN can be adenocarcinoma (MANEC), squamous cell carcinoma, or other epithelial types, depending on the organ of origin ¹⁷."

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"acellular mucin deposits do not contain neoplastic epithelial cells and is classified as pM1a disease in the AJCC 8th edition staging system ¹⁶"

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"incidental finding in appendicectomy specimen of small NET at the tip ²¹"

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"carcinoid syndrome is so rarely associated with appendiceal tumours that a search should be made for a NET elsewhere in the gastrointestinal tract ¹⁸"

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List Caps

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"MiNEN, aggressive tumours (mixed neuroendocrine-non-neuroendocrine neoplasm), usually adenocarcinoma, but may include other epithelial types) components, with each component constituting at least 30% of the tumour volume ¹⁷"

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Headings Valid

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Expected headings

H1 Terminology
H1 Usage
H1 Epidemiology
H2 Risk factors
H2 Associations
H1 Clinical presentation
H2 Complications
H1 Diagnosis
H2 Diagnostic criteria
H2 Diagnostic clues
H1 Pathology
H2 Aetiology
H2 Location
H2 Classification
H2 Macroscopic appearance
H2 Microscopic appearance
H2 Immunophenotype
H2 Markers
H2 Genetics
H1 Radiographic features
H2 Plain radiograph
H2 Mammography
H2 Antenatal ultrasound
H2 Transoesophageal echocardiography
H2 Ultrasound
H2 CT
H3 Dual-energy CT
H2 Angiography (DSA)
H2 MRI
H2 CT/MRI
H2 Nuclear medicine
H3 PET-CT
H3 PET-MRI
H1 Radiology report
H1 Treatment and prognosis
H2 Complications
H1 History and etymology
H1 Differential diagnosis
H2 Clinical differential diagnosis
H1 Practical points
H1 See also

"Radiology"

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Parentheses

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"The 2019 WHO/PSOGI consensus replaced MANEC (mixed adenoneuroendocrine carcinoma) with MiNEN (mixed neuroendocrine-non neuroendocrine neoplasm), a broader category which includes any tumour with both neuroendocrine and non-neuroendocrine epithelial components (not limited to adenocarcinoma), each constituting at least 30% of the tumour volume. The non-neuroendocrine component in MiNEN can be adenocarcinoma (MANEC), squamous cell carcinoma, or other epithelial types, depending on the organ of origin ¹⁷."

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Oxford Comma

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"peritoneal mucin deposits, initially periappendiceal and pelvic, spreading along right paracolic gutter to omentum, perihepatic and perisplenic spaces due to underlying (often occult) mucinous tumour, e.g. LAMN or mucinous adenocarcinoma"

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"appendiceal mass, lymphadenopathy and metastases, indicates aggressive tumour such as mucinous adenocarcinoma, goblet cell adenocarcinoma or MiNEN"

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"colonoscopy and surveillance for colon cancer in patients with mucinous adenocarcinoma, LAMN and MiNEN, especially women ³⁰"

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