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Lint: ovarian-cyst-2

Adjectival Hyphens
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"Small cystic ovarian structures should be considered normal ovarian follicles unless the patient is pre-pubertal, post-menopausal, pregnant, or the mean diameter is >3 cm (see the 1-2-3 rule)."

Line 3:111 · 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: 'pre-pubertal,'.

"Small cystic ovarian structures should be considered normal ovarian follicles unless the patient is pre-pubertal, post-menopausal, pregnant, or the mean diameter is >3 cm (see the 1-2-3 rule)."

Line 3:125 · 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-menopausal,'.
Strong List Colon Position
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"physiological cysts: mean diameter ≤3 cm"

Line 7:4 · When enboldening an intro, the colon should not be bold. '<strong>physiological cysts: </strong>mean'
Optional Plurals
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">3 to ≤5 cm: report presence of simple cyst(s) and largest cyst diameter"

Line 66:43 · Do not use plurals in parentheses such as in 'cyst(s)'.

">1 to ≤3 cm: report presence of simple cyst(s) and largest cyst diameter"

Line 124:43 · Do not use plurals in parentheses such as in 'cyst(s)'.
There Is
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"There are many types of ovarian cyst:"

Line 4:4 · Don't start a sentence with 'There are'.
Semicolons
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"≤3 cm: no need to report; if described, consider calling a "follicle" rather than a "cyst" to reduce patient anxiety"

Line 59:28 · Use semicolons judiciously.

"impression: benign inconsequential finding; decrease in size excludes neoplasm"

Line 91:50 · Use semicolons judiciously.

"impression: benign simple cyst; decrease in size excludes neoplasm"

Line 149:38 · Use semicolons judiciously.