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Adjectival Hyphens

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"Patients have chronic (>6 months) non-cyclical symptoms, including pelvic pain, perineal "heaviness", urinary urgency, and post-coital pain ¹⁵. In certain cases, there may be thigh, leg, buttock or vulvar varices ¹⁵. It is often considered a diagnosis of exclusion."

Line 7:127 · 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-coital'.

Citation Punctuation Sup

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"Non-invasive imaging is primarily used for excluding other pelvic pathology with catheter venography considered the modality of choice for the diagnosis of pelvic congestion syndrome ¹⁵. The reported sensitivity of ultrasound is variable between 20% and 100% ^15,16, and MRI between 60% and 100% ^15,16."

Line 20:321 · Punctuation after citations should never be superscripted. '15,16.'

Biographical Date Spacing

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"Pelvic congestion syndrome was first described in 1857 by Louis Alfred Richet (1816-1891), a French anatomist and surgeon ¹¹."

Line 46:81 · In a biographical citation, the date should be correctly spaced: ' (1816'

Strong

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"The term pelvic varices is also used in the setting of dilated pelvic veins on imaging with or without the presence of pelvic pain ^ref."

Line 3:13 · Generally, don't use bold in text: 'pelvic varices'

Acronyms

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"compression of the left renal vein by SMA also known as the nutcracker phenomenon"

Line 14:56 · 'SMA' has no definition. Spell it out if it's unfamiliar to the audience.

"May show dilated veins. Time of flight (TOF) imaging can be performed where contrast is not required."

Line 34:44 · 'TOF' has no definition. Spell it out if it's unfamiliar to the audience.

"GE: high signal"

Line 39:16 · 'GE' has no definition. Spell it out if it's unfamiliar to the audience.

Headings Case

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"MR venography"

Line 33:5 · 'MR venography' should use sentence-style capitalization.

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 17:1 · "Associations" is under the wrong parent heading (found under "Pathology").

"MR venography"

Line 33:1 · "MR venography" is not a recognised heading for this article type.

"Signal characteristics"

Line 35:1 · "Signal characteristics" is not a recognised heading for this article type.

"Angiography (DSA)"

Line 41:1 · "Angiography (DSA)" should be H2, not H3.

Oxford Comma

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"Patients have chronic (>6 months) non-cyclical symptoms, including pelvic pain, perineal "heaviness", urinary urgency, and post-coital pain ¹⁵. In certain cases, there may be thigh, leg, buttock or vulvar varices ¹⁵. It is often considered a diagnosis of exclusion."

Line 7:197 · Use the Oxford comma in 'leg, buttock or vulvar'.

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