Question

Clean up the following sentences by identifying and correcting misspellings and misused/incorrect words.

Question:

1. Perforation of the tympantic membrane was beleived to be the cause of the patient's vertigoe and myringitis.

ANSWER:

1. Perforation of the tympanic membrane 'was or is' believed to be the cause of the patient's vertigo and myringitis.

*medical corrections tympanic, vertigo ,+ myringitis also believed corrected spelling -
concerned about the use of:
was beleived or
is believed

Thank You

Answer 1

Watch the spelling of "believed" -- remember "i before e, except..."

I would use "is believed" if I were writing about something that is current. If you are writing about something that is decidedly in the past, though, then use the past tense.

Answer 2

Perforation of the tympantic membrane was beleived to be the cause of the patient's vertigoe and myringitis.

Answer 3

The T-2 weighted sagital image revealed foraminel compromise and C4-C5 disk herniation.