geen ingetikt afwijkingen

ebell (asker) Jan 31, 2014:

No, there is quite a lot of descriptive text for the X-ray, quite a few lines, not all of it normal. I think this particular part of the text must be a mistake. There may be some text missing, a misspelling, maybe a wrong word was heard when it was transcribed, or part of a template left it the text. We have no way of knowing. The text is not correct, but I have translated what it says because there is no way of knowing what was originally meant. Thanks again

Barend van Zadelhoff Jan 31, 2014:

ebell, as I don't know whether I understand you correctly.

This is the situation I imagined:

Someone is verifying the information in a form, either an electronic or tangible one.

And now they arrive at the chest X-ray results and notice/conclude 'no abnormalities entered'

This would mean your document was/is - partially - an extract from another document, for example from a form from the pulmonary department.

Correct spelling would be:

geen ingetikte afwijkingen

rephrasing

er zijn geen afwijkingen ingetikt.

no abnormalities were entered.

ebell (asker) Jan 31, 2014:

It is a typed document, but an error could have occurred with transcription after dictation perhaps.
I have put 'entered' since there doesn't seem to be anything else!
Thanks anyway

Barend van Zadelhoff Jan 31, 2014:

Possibly they record findings in some sort of form.

If so, this would mean 'no abnormalities mentioned/entered'

I think it must mean what you indicated: type in , enter

Hans Geluk Jan 31, 2014:

Is it handwritten? If so, could it be any other word? To me it does not make much sense... Any chance to contact the source author or the hospital?