Radiopaedia Helpers

Adjectival Hyphens

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"Long-term post-surgical complications include:"

Line 115:14 · 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-surgical'.

Acronyms

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"Electrophysiological studies (nerve conduction studies, EMG) are mainly useful for excluding alternative diagnoses rather than confirming TOS itself, and are not a prerequisite for diagnosis, even in neurogenic TOS ¹⁷."

Line 39:60 · 'EMG' has no definition. Spell it out if it's unfamiliar to the audience.

Headings Case

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"Ultrasound / CT / MRI / Angiography"

Line 74:5 · 'Ultrasound / CT / MRI / Angiography' 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

"Ultrasound / CT / MRI / Angiography"

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"Complications"

Line 114:1 · "Complications" is under the wrong parent heading (found under "Treatment and prognosis").

Semicolons

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"Thoracic outlet syndrome is a relatively rare condition; prevalence has been estimated at ~4% (range 0.3-8%) ¹⁷. There is a marked female predominance (F:M ratio of approximately 4:1). Patients between 20 and 40 years of age are most commonly affected."

Line 3:59 · Use semicolons judiciously.

"apical lung herniation due to violation of the apical pleura, allowing the lung to herniate into the supraclavicular space; primary pleural defect repair can be performed with wedge resection of unviable herniated lung ¹⁴"

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There Is

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Line 3:128 · Don't start a sentence with 'There is'.

"There are three common sites of compression:"

Line 41:4 · Don't start a sentence with 'There are'.

Oxford Comma

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"subclavian artery compression causes ischaemia with coolness, pallor, claudication, paraesthesia and decreased upper limb pulses"

Line 27:85 · Use the Oxford comma in 'claudication, paraesthesia and decreased'.

"Combined neurovascular symptoms and signs may be present. In particular, neurogenic and arterial TOS may coexist due to their anatomical proximity within the scalene triangle, whereas venous TOS is more commonly present in isolation ¹⁷. The findings are exacerbated by certain arm positions and manoeuvres, particularly with the arms raised (abducted) above the head⁹."

Line 38:65 · Use the Oxford comma in 'particular, neurogenic and arterial'.

"Imaging with ultrasound, contrast-enhanced CT, MRI or conventional angiography is useful for detecting vascular thoracic outlet syndrome (e.g. arterial and/or venous compression). Imaging is performed with the patient’s arms both in the raised (abducted) and neutral (adducted) positions for comparison."

Line 75:47 · Use the Oxford comma in 'CT, MRI or conventional'.

Biographical Lifespan

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"History and etymology"

Line 124:1 · A bold element in the History and etymology section should be a person; it would be useful to have their lifespan details: '<h4>History and etymology</h4> <p>The term "thoracic outlet syndrome" is thought to have been coined by <strong>R M Peet</strong> '

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