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Acronyms
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"The pseudocalculus sign is a term coined to describe a mimic of a distally impacted common bile duct (CBD) stone on ERCP, MRCP and the various forms of cholangiography, including T-tube, CT, intraoperative, and percutaneous 1."

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"The sign was first reported in 1968 by the renowned GI radiologist Thomas C Beneventano (1932-1988) who spent his entire career at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York City 2,3."

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Oxford Comma
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"The pseudocalculus sign is a term coined to describe a mimic of a distally impacted common bile duct (CBD) stone on ERCP, MRCP and the various forms of cholangiography, including T-tube, CT, intraoperative, and percutaneous 1."

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Semicolons
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"the inferior margin of the pseudocalculus will never be seen as it is not a true filling defect; if an inferior margin is visualised then pseudocalculus has been excluded"

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