Radiopaedia Helpers

Adjectival Hyphens

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"post-radiation"

Line 62:8 · 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-radiation'.

Acronyms

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"ASD"

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"In most cases, merely 'eye-balling' a chest x-ray will be sufficient in detecting cardiomegaly (as the heart is either clearly normal in size or clearly abnormally enlarged). In equivocal cases, the cardiothoracic ratio (CTR) can be easily calculated on an erect PA chest x-ray. The CTR measures the width of the cardiac silhouette and the thoracic cavity;"

Line 67:281 · 'PA' has no definition. Spell it out if it's unfamiliar to the audience.

List Caps

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"Ebstein anomaly"

Line 35:11 · In general, we don't start a list item with a capital letter. Exceptions are proper nouns.

There Is

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"There are many aetiologies for cardiomegaly:"

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Oxford Comma

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"Specific cardiac chamber enlargement can be recognised by cardiac contour changes, new or different interfaces with adjacent lung, and/or displacement of adjacent mediastinal structures. These are discussed separately:"

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Links

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