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Lint: intradiploic-encephalocele-1

Adjectival Hyphens
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"Intradiploic encephaloceles are a rare form of encephalocele. Brain (and sometimes CSF) herniate through adefect in the inner table of the calvarium, expanding the diploic space, but the outer table is intact. They are usually acquired, (post-traumatic or post-surgical) and are rarely congenital 1."

Line 1:291 · 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-surgical)'.
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"They may present with focal neurological deficits, seizures or local swelling, depending on the location and size 7,8."

Line 3:45 · Use the Oxford comma in 'deficits, seizures or local'.
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"There are usually described in the parietal and occipital calvarium, also the frontal region 2,6."

Line 7:4 · Don't start a sentence with 'There are'.
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