Diagnosis (article structure)

Last revised by Frank Gaillard on 18 Oct 2022

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Citation:

Feger J, Gaillard F, Bell D, Diagnosis (article structure). Reference article, Radiopaedia.org (Accessed on 16 Apr 2024) https://doi.org/10.53347/rID-89042

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.53347/rID-89042

Permalink:

https://radiopaedia.org/articles/89042

rID:

89042

Article created:

27 Apr 2021, Joachim Feger ◉

Disclosures:

At the time the article was created Joachim Feger had no recorded disclosures.

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Last revised:

18 Oct 2022, Frank Gaillard ◉ ◈

Disclosures:

At the time the article was last revised Frank Gaillard had the following disclosures:

Radiopaedia Australia Pty Ltd and Radiopaedia Events Pty Ltd, Director, Founder and CEO (Radiopaedia) (ongoing)
Biogen Australia Pty Ltd, Investigator-Initiated Research Grant for CAD software in multiple sclerosis: finished Oct 2021 (past)

These were assessed during peer review and were determined to not be relevant to the changes that were made.

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Synonyms:

Diagnoses (article structure)

Diagnosis is one of the main subheadings (H1) in a standard article.

Immediately underneath the "Diagnosis" subheading, a brief statement should be included on how the diagnosis is obtained; e.g. “The diagnosis is based on clinical criteria and typical findings on coronary angiography”. If these are discussed elsewhere on the page (e.g. imaging features or histology) then adding "(see below)" is encouraged rather than repeating the information.

In situations where there are officially accepted 'diagnostic criteria' published the following subheadings can be used as applicable:

Diagnostic criteria (H2)

As an introduction it should be mentioned, who established those criteria e.g. guidelines, expert panel or study group (this should be referenced of course) e.g. “Diagnostic criteria according to the WHO classification of bone tumors (2020 - blue book)¹:”

If there are equally relevant different criteria published by another institution or guideline this might be also included.

Diagnostic clues (H2)

Optional subheading covering pertinent imaging-related, clinical information and further data in situations where 'diagnostic criteria' are present but extensive workup is involved.

This paragraph should be concise and to the point covering only the most diagnosis relevant imaging data and clinical information and should not repeat detailed info from the other paragraphs.