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"This article covers an approach to interpreting ultrasound of thyroid nodules, largely to determine whether an FNA is required. However, please note that several professional societies have published formal assessment criteria to determine the need for FNA, which are covered in separate articles."

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Line 1:291 · 'FNA' has no definition. Spell it out if it's unfamiliar to the audience.

"Society of Radiologists in Ultrasound (SRU) guidelines"

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"TI-RADS"

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"American College of Radiology: ACR TI-RADS[+]"

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"American College of Radiology: ACR TI-RADS[+]"

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"European Thyroid Association: EU-TIRADS"

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"Korean Society of Thyroid Radiology: K-TIRADS"

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Headings Case

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"Colour Doppler"

Line 46:5 · 'Colour Doppler' should use sentence-style capitalization.

List Caps

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"McGill Thyroid Nodule Score"

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"Society of Radiologists in Ultrasound (SRU) guidelines"

Line 99:11 · In general, we don't start a list item with a capital letter. Exceptions are proper nouns.

"American College of Radiology: ACR TI-RADS[+]"

Line 103:11 · In general, we don't start a list item with a capital letter. Exceptions are proper nouns.

"European Thyroid Association: EU-TIRADS"

Line 104:11 · In general, we don't start a list item with a capital letter. Exceptions are proper nouns.

"Korean Society of Thyroid Radiology: K-TIRADS"

Line 105:11 · In general, we don't start a list item with a capital letter. Exceptions are proper nouns.

Headings Valid

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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

"Approach to systemic interpretation"

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"Calcification"

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"Echogenicity"

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"Colour Doppler"

Line 46:1 · "Colour Doppler" is not a recognised heading for this article type.

"Other"

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"Lymph nodes"

Line 58:1 · "Lymph nodes" is not a recognised heading for this article type.

"Sonographic features favouring a benign nodule"

Line 73:1 · "Sonographic features favouring a benign nodule" is not a recognised heading for this article type.

"Sonographic features favouring a malignant nodule"

Line 80:1 · "Sonographic features favouring a malignant nodule" is not a recognised heading for this article type.

Semicolons

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"colloid (in benign colloid nodules) shows comet tail artifact (not ring-down); if an echogenic focus is not definitely colloid, biopsy is warranted"

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"while a halo around a well-marginated hypoechoic or isoechoic nodule is typical of a follicular adenoma ³, it is absent in >50% of benign nodules ²; what is more, up to 24% of papillary thyroid carcinomas may have a halo, be it complete or incomplete ²"

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