Standard article structure

Standard article structure is important on Radiopaedia.org so that we have a consistent article structure and maintain uniformity across the whole site.

Standard sections

A typical article should have an article title and then is broken down into a set of standard sections, although, not every article has each and every section. The order of sections is, however, fixed. In other words, "Clinical presentation" always comes before "Radiographic features" even if there is no need for a "Pathology" section. 

All of these sections should have a Heading 1 (H1) style chosen from the editing toolbar. The one exception is the introduction, which is not titled and is purely in "normal" text. 

• Introduction (no heading)

• Terminology or Usage

• Epidemiology

• Diagnosis

• Clinical presentation

• Pathology

• Radiographic features

• Radiology report

• Treatment and prognosis

• History and etymology

• Differential diagnosis

• Practical points

• See also

Special purpose articles

The above structure should be used in most instances, except for the following specific special purpose articles:

• anatomy article structure

• biographical article structure

• chemical article structure

• classification system article structure

• comparative article structure 

• CT protocol article structure

• curriculum article structure

• fracture article structure

• general radiography article structure

• interventional procedure article structure

• measurement article structure

• medical device article structure

• mnemonics article structure

• MRI protocol article structure

• short article structure (e.g. a specific sign)

  • signs article structure

• summary article structure