Radiopaedia Helpers

Adjectival Hyphens

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"post-inflammatory"

Line 36:8 · 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-inflammatory'.

Strong List Colon Position

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"T1: hypointense"

Line 51:8 · When enboldening an intro, the colon should not be bold. 'T1: hypointense'

"T2: hyperintense, although there may be hypointense regions representing flow or pulsation artifact"

Line 52:8 · When enboldening an intro, the colon should not be bold. 'T2: hyperintense'

Strong

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"Congenital causes include:"

Line 24:4 · Generally, don't use bold in text: 'Congenital'

"Acquired (secondary) causes include:"

Line 32:4 · Generally, don't use bold in text: 'Acquired'

List Caps

warning

"Chiari 1 malformation"

Line 27:11 · In general, we don't start a list item with a capital letter. Exceptions are proper nouns.

"Chiari 2 malformation"

Line 28:11 · In general, we don't start a list item with a capital letter. Exceptions are proper nouns.

"Dandy-Walker malformation"

Line 29:11 · In general, we don't start a list item with a capital letter. Exceptions are proper nouns.

Semicolons

suggestion

"syringomyelia: cavitary lesion within cord parenchyma, of any cause (there are many); located adjacent to the central canal, therefore not lined by ependyma"

Line 9:99 · Use semicolons judiciously.

"post-traumatic: occurs in ~5% of patients with spinal cord injury, usually from a whiplash-type injury; symptoms may start many months or years after an injury"

Line 34:110 · Use semicolons judiciously.

Links

hydromyelia