Radiopaedia Helpers

List Punctuation

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"Nocardia spp."

Line 44:12 · Do not put full stops at the end of a list item.

Words We Never Use

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"Ultrasound will usually show an irregular, hypoechoic, centrally avascular fluid collection surrounded by a hypervascular rim ². The central core often shows internal echos that may move with compression ⁵."

Line 63:182 · Radiopaedia always uses 'echoes' rather than 'echos'.

Emphasis

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"Staphylococcus aureus"

Line 39:8 · Italics should be used only in exceptional circumstances: 'Staphylococcus aureus'

"streptococcus species such as Streptococcus pyogenes"

Line 40:38 · Italics should be used only in exceptional circumstances: 'Streptococcus pyogenes'

"Serratia marcescens"

Line 41:8 · Italics should be used only in exceptional circumstances: 'Serratia marcescens'

"Pseudomonas aeruginosa"

Line 42:8 · Italics should be used only in exceptional circumstances: 'Pseudomonas aeruginosa'

"Mycobacteria (avium/ tuberculosis)"

Line 43:8 · Italics should be used only in exceptional circumstances: 'Mycobacteria (avium/ tuberculosis)'

"Nocardia spp."

Line 44:8 · Italics should be used only in exceptional circumstances: 'Nocardia '

List Caps

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"Staphylococcus aureus"

Line 39:12 · In general, we don't start a list item with a capital letter. Exceptions are proper nouns.

"Serratia marcescens"

Line 41:12 · In general, we don't start a list item with a capital letter. Exceptions are proper nouns.

"Pseudomonas aeruginosa"

Line 42:12 · In general, we don't start a list item with a capital letter. Exceptions are proper nouns.

"Mycobacteria (avium/ tuberculosis)"

Line 43:12 · In general, we don't start a list item with a capital letter. Exceptions are proper nouns.

"Nocardia spp."

Line 44:12 · In general, we don't start a list item with a capital letter. Exceptions are proper nouns.

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

"Associations"

Line 50:1 · "Associations" is under the wrong parent heading (found under "Pathology").

"Signal characteristics"

Line 69:1 · "Signal characteristics" is not a recognised heading for this article type.

"Radiological report"

Line 100:1 · "Radiological report" is not a recognised heading for this article type.

"MRI"

Line 144:1 · "MRI" is under the wrong parent heading (found under "Practical points").

Oxford Comma

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"Local symptoms include swelling, erythema, warmth, pain and tenderness with or without lymphadenopathy and possibly spontaneous purulent drainage ^2,3."

Line 23:47 · Use the Oxford comma in 'warmth, pain and tenderness'.

"A soft tissue abscess consists of a central core or abscess cavity filled with pus and a peripheral abscess membrane or capsule made up of leucocytes, macrophages, fibrin, collagen and granulation tissue ⁴."

Line 34:168 · Use the Oxford comma in 'fibrin, collagen and granulation'.

"They are commonly seen in the trunk, extremities, buttocks and the perianal region as well as in the axillary region."

Line 49:41 · Use the Oxford comma in 'extremities, buttocks and the'.

"MRI features an overall high sensitivity and moderate to good specificity for the detection of an acute abscess ^1,3 and might show high specificity in subacute, chronic or acute on chronic abscesses if the penumbra sign is present ^1,6."

Line 68:166 · Use the Oxford comma in 'subacute, chronic or acute'.

"presence, location and size of the abnormal fluid collection"

Line 103:8 · Use the Oxford comma in 'presence, location and size'.

Semicolons

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"Soft tissue abscesses are found within the superficial and deep soft tissue planes that are within and around the subcutaneous and deep fatty tissue, the fasciae and muscles ¹; blood vessels and lymphatics might also be involved."

Line 48:190 · Use semicolons judiciously.

There Is

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"There are usually inflammatory changes such as soft tissue oedema and fat stranding in the surrounding tissues ³."

Line 66:4 · Don't start a sentence with 'There are'.

Inline EG

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"risk factors for severe disease and/or complications (e.g. immunocompromise)"

Line 124:61 · Consider replacing a bracketed e.g. with an inline e.g. after a comma.

Links

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