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choledocholithiasis

Optional Plurals

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"visualisation of stone(s)"

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Between And

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"size ranges between 2 to >20 mm"

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Adjectival Hyphens

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">10 mm post-cholecystectomy"

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Acronyms

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"Magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography (MRCP) has largely replaced ERCP as the gold standard for diagnosis of choledocholithiasis, able to achieve similar sensitivity (90-94%) and specificity (95-99%) ^7,8 without ionising radiation, intravenous contrast, or the complication rate inherent in ERCP."

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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

"CT cholangiography"

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"MRCP"

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"Percutaneous or oral cholangiography"

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Oxford Comma

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"Both investigations are no longer used for routine diagnosis having been replaced by ultrasound, CT and MRCP."

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"perforation of oesophagus, stomach or duodenum due to endoscopy"

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"vascular impressions: pseudostricture of the extrahepatic bile duct due to pulsatile vascular compression by the hepatic and gastroduodenal arteries should not be misdiagnosed as a bile duct stricture, tumour or stone ⁹"

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There Is

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"There is usually little differential, and differential will depend on the modality. The most frequent entities to consider include:"

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