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Lint: pseudo-omphalocele-2

Adjectival Hyphens
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"patients with oligohydramnios, due to uterine pressure, the abdomen elongates in an AP direction and narrows transversely; this gives a spurious appearance of herniated viscera with the umbilical cord and vessels extend into the midline of the pseudo-herniation"

Line 7:259 · 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: 'pseudo-herniation'.
Acronyms
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"patients with oligohydramnios, due to uterine pressure, the abdomen elongates in an AP direction and narrows transversely; this gives a spurious appearance of herniated viscera with the umbilical cord and vessels extend into the midline of the pseudo-herniation"

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Semicolons
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"patients with oligohydramnios, due to uterine pressure, the abdomen elongates in an AP direction and narrows transversely; this gives a spurious appearance of herniated viscera with the umbilical cord and vessels extend into the midline of the pseudo-herniation"

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"Differentiation on ultrasound may be possible by looking at the angle formed by the protrusion and the anterior abdominal wall. In an omphalocele the angle formed is acute; while in pseudo-omphalocele the angle formed is obtuse."

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