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Lint: intradiploic-epidermoid-cyst-2

Adjectival Hyphens
error

"epidermoid cysts may be congenital (most common, arising from ectodermal inclusion during neural tube closure and subsequently remain within the cranial bones) or acquired (e.g. post-surgical or post-traumatic implantation) 4"

Line 6:186 · 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'.
Oxford Comma
suggestion

"Intradiploic epidermoids occur within the frontal, parietal, occipital and sphenoid bones, as well as the spine 1."

Line 10:55 · Use the Oxford comma in 'parietal, occipital and sphenoid'.
Biographical Lifespan
suggestion

"History and etymology"

Line 26:1 · A bold element in the History and etymology section should be a person; it would be useful to have their lifespan details: '<h4>History and etymology</h4> <p>The first intradiploic epidermoid cyst was reported by <strong>J Müller</strong> '