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ArticleIndian journal of ophthalmology

Uveal melanoma presenting as cataract and staphyloma.

Vikas Khetan, Kshanada Gupta, E Ravindra Mohan, Lingam Gopal

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Article in Indian journal of ophthalmology. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
6citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
0.3field-weighted citation impact, top 34% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 7 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Secondary glaucoma as initial manifestation of ring melanoma: a case report and review of literature.International journal of clinical and experimental pathology · 2014
    Pooled it
  2. Review
  3. Seek, and ye shall find!Indian journal of ophthalmology · 2022
    Article
  4. The veiled monster.Indian journal of ophthalmology · 2020
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Vikas KhetanDepartment of Vitreoretina and Ocular Oncology, Medical Research Foundation, Sankara Nethralaya, Chennai, India. drkhetan@yahoo.com
Kshanada Gupta
E Ravindra Mohan
Lingam Gopal
Sankara Nethralaya · IN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Blind eyes can harbor a choroidal melanoma. We report a case of uveal melanoma presenting as staphyloma and complicated cataract in a 45-year-old female. The left eye was blind for six months. She underwent comprehensive ocular examination but fundus examination was precluded due to total cataract. The ultrasound of the eye showed a large mass filling the superior, nasal and inferonasal vitreous cavity with high surface reflectivity and low to moderate internal reflectivity. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) confirmed the diagnosis of choroidal melanoma. The patient underwent extended enucleation and histopathology was consistent with uveal melanoma.

Indexed as

BlindnessCataractChoroid NeoplasmsDilatation, PathologicEye EnucleationFemaleHumansMagnetic Resonance ImagingMelanomaMiddle AgedScleral Diseases

Identifiers

PMID19384018
PMCPMC2683430
OpenAlexW2047401297

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