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"Aspergillomas typically occur in the cavities of post-primary pulmonary tuberculosis. Therefore, they are most frequently found in the posterior segments of the upper lobes and the superior segments of the lower lobes."

Line 22:56 · Only use medical adjectival hyphens where the letters at the end and start of the compound word are the same, e.g. post-transplant. In this case, don't use the hyphen: 'post-primary'.
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"Aspergillomas are mass-like fungus balls (mycetomas) typically composed of Aspergillus fumigatus and are a non-invasive form of pulmonary aspergillosis. They usually fall under the subgroup chronic pulmonary aspergillosis."

Line 1:106 · Italics should be used only in exceptional circumstances: '<em>Aspergillus fumigatus</em>'
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"Pneumocystis pneumonia associated pneumatoceles"

Line 13:11 · In general, we don't start a list item with a capital letter. Exceptions are proper nouns.