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Contractions

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"A helpful mnemonic for remembering these stages is "Vegans Can't Get Neurocysticercosis"."

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Emphasis

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"Neurocysticercosis is a parasitic CNS infection caused by the pork tapeworm Taenia solium, which is endemic in most low-income countries where pigs are raised. This form of cysticercosis is a relevant cause of seizures in endemic areas."

Line 1:107 · Italics should be used only in exceptional circumstances: '<em>Taenia solium</em>'

"Infection, which leads to extraintestinal disease (including neurocysticercosis), usually occurs as a result of eating food or drinking water contaminated by human faeces containing T. solium eggs. This is distinct from the 'normal' life cycle in which the undercooked pork is eaten and the larval cysts contained within mature into an adult intestinal tapeworm ³."

Line 18:193 · Italics should be used only in exceptional circumstances: '<em>T. solium</em>'

Prefix Hyphens

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"Extra-intestinal infection undergoes specific clinical and imaging changes at it progresses through four stages of infection ¹."

Line 19:4 · A prefix takes a hyphen only to avoid a duplicate letter: 'Extra-intestinal'.

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

"Stages"

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"Location"

Line 30:1 · "Location" is under the wrong parent heading (found under "Radiographic features").

"Parenchymal"

Line 38:1 · "Parenchymal" is not a recognised heading for this article type.

"Subarachnoid/intraventricular"

Line 40:1 · "Subarachnoid/intraventricular" is not a recognised heading for this article type.

"Stage"

Line 45:1 · "Stage" is not a recognised heading for this article type.

"Vesicular"

Line 47:1 · "Vesicular" is not a recognised heading for this article type.

"Colloidal vesicular"

Line 61:1 · "Colloidal vesicular" is not a recognised heading for this article type.

"Granular nodular"

Line 80:1 · "Granular nodular" is not a recognised heading for this article type.

"Nodular calcified"

Line 87:1 · "Nodular calcified" is not a recognised heading for this article type.

Semicolons

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"colloidal vesicular: parasite dies within 4-5 years ¹untreated, or earlier with treatment, and the cyst fluid becomes turbid; as the membrane becomes leaky oedema surrounds the cyst; this is the most symptomatic stage"

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