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Quotation marks

The British use of commas and full-stops (periods) outside quotation marks (if not part of the original quotation) is preferred to the American use of punctuation within quotation marks: British: The vessel has been termed the "innominate". American: The vessel has been termed the "innominate."
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Will Rogers phenomenon

The Will Rogers phenomenon is encountered in many disciplines but is particularly relevant to radiology in the setting of staging scans and is due to reclassifying borderline individuals also known as stage migration 1. The most common example in medicine is upstaging certain patients with mali...
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Numbers, units and operators

Numbers, units and operators are used frequently in articles. We often quote the incidence of a condition as a range or say that x happens in more than y% of cases. To try and keep the style similar across the site, and maximize the readability of these figures, we have some simple suggestions....
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Effect of isolated pronation-supination (lateral wrist radiograph)

The wrist series is comprised of a posteroanterior, oblique, and lateral projection. The series examines the carpal bones (namely, the scaphoid, lunate, triquetrum, pisiform, trapezium, trapezoid, capitate and hamate). It also examines the radiocarpal joint along with the distal radius and ulna....
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Uterine inversion

Uterine inversion is a rare condition in which the uterus is essentially turned inside out. There are two types: "puerperal" (within six weeks of childbirth) and "non-puerperal". The reason for uterine inversion is unclear. In the puerperal form, it is theorized that excessive traction on the um...
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Water-soluble contrast challenge

A water-soluble contrast challenge (more widely known as a Gastrografin challenge) is a combined diagnostic study and therapeutic intervention utilized in the evaluation and management of small bowel obstruction. It is used when clinical or imaging features determine there to be small bowel obst...
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Biographical article structure

Biographical articles about individuals have a unique structure and subheadings. ======================================================================= The introduction should take the following structure: name of individual in bold use their first name and last name e.g. Robert Smith only...
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Plagiarism

Plagiarism, the passing of someone else's work as one's own, is unacceptable on Radiopaedia and will result in content not being able to be published. Existing plagiarised content that is discovered will be deleted.   We know you all want to help, and you may be tempted to "cut and paste" secti...
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Sven-Ivar Seldinger

Sven-Ivar Seldinger (1921-1998), a Swedish radiologist, is primarily remembered for the invention of his revolutionary eponymous technique.  Early life Sven-Ivar Seldinger was born in Mora, Dalarna, Sweden on 19 April 1921 5. He attended medical school at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm ...
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Common hepatic duct

The common hepatic duct (CHD) is formed by the right and left hepatic ducts junction. It joins the cystic duct to form the common bile duct (CBD). It is approximately 4 cm long and 4 mm in diameter, typically.  Together with the cystic duct (laterally) and cystic artery (superiorly), they form ...
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Distal biceps femoris tendon

The distal biceps femoris tendon is a complex musculotendinous unit that connects the long and short head of the biceps femoris muscle to the fibular head, the superolateral portion of the lateral tibial condyle and the lateral and anterior fascia of the lower leg. Gross anatomy Both heads of ...
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Inferior petrosal sinus sampling

Inferior petrosal sinus sampling is an infrequently used method of confirming the presence of a hormonally active pituitary microadenoma when imaging alone has been insufficient. This technique is able to confirm that excess hormone (e.g. ACTH) is being produced by the pituitary and may also hel...
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Thyrolingual trunk

A thyrolingual trunk is an anatomical variant in which the superior thyroid artery and lingual artery share a common trunk 1. This is in contrast to the typical pattern of both vessels emerging independently from the external carotid artery. Other variations of origin include a linguofacial trun...
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Mirizzi syndrome

Mirizzi syndrome refers to an uncommon phenomenon that results in extrinsic compression of an extrahepatic biliary duct from one or more calculi within the cystic duct or gallbladder. It is a functional hepatic syndrome but can often present with biliary duct dilatation and can mimic other hepat...
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Iliolumbar artery

The iliolumbar artery is one of three branches of the posterior division of the internal iliac artery. Summary origin: posterior division of the internal iliac artery location: pelvis supply: ilium, iliacus muscle, psoas major muscle, quadratus lumborum muscle, erector spinae muscle, anterio...
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Lymph node enlargement

Lymph node enlargement (rarely lymphadenomegaly) is often used synonymously with lymphadenopathy, which is not strictly correct. Terminology Lymphadenopathy (or adenopathy) is, if anything, a broader term than lymph node enlargement, referring to any pathology of lymph nodes, not necessarily r...
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Coronary artery dissection

Coronary artery dissection is a rare cause of acute coronary syndrome especially in young patients who are otherwise healthy. A spontaneous coronary artery dissection (SCAD) is defined as a non-iatrogenic dissection of an epicardial coronary artery not associated with atherosclerosis or trauma....
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Liver biopsy (percutaneous)

Percutaneous liver biopsy, utilizing either ultrasound or CT guidance, allows for an accurate and reliable method of acquiring hepatic tissue for histopathological assessment. It is divided into two types: non-focal or non-targeted liver biopsy (used in the assessment and staging of the parench...
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Pneumoencephalography

Pneumoencephalography is an obsolete imaging technique that allowed evaluation of the contours of the brain and ventricles by the deliberate introduction of air into the subarachnoid space. This was achieved initially by a needle passed directly into the ventricles (via the fontanelles or a bur...
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Ebstein anomaly

Ebstein anomaly is an uncommon congenital cardiac anomaly, characterized by a variable developmental anomaly of the tricuspid valve. Epidemiology The anomaly accounts for only ~0.5% of congenital cardiac defects 6,7, although it is the most common cause of congenital tricuspid regurgitation. T...

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