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Lint: tracheal-diverticulum

Adjectival Hyphens
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"iatrogenic, e.g. post-surgical"

Line 15:32 · 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'.
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"There is an overlap in the use and description of the terms paratracheal air cyst and a tracheal diverticulum in the literature such that they often seem to be synonyms for the same entity, which they are not 1,5."

Line 3:99 · Generally, don't use bold in text: '<strong>tracheal diverticulum</strong>'
List Caps
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"Zenker diverticulum"

Line 35:11 · In general, we don't start a list item with a capital letter. Exceptions are proper nouns.
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

"Associations"

Line 19:1 · "Associations" is under the wrong parent heading (found under "Pathology").
There Is
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"There is an overlap in the use and description of the terms paratracheal air cyst and a tracheal diverticulum in the literature such that they often seem to be synonyms for the same entity, which they are not 1,5."

Line 3:4 · Don't start a sentence with 'There is'.