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ArticleJournal of surgical case reports2014

Chronic cough as a presenting feature of cerebral lymphoma.

Stephen P Williams, Mahmood F Bhutta

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Article in Journal of surgical case reports, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1citing papers in PubMed
–field-weighted citation impact, top 82% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed, 5 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Cough as a neurological sign: What a clinician should know.World journal of critical care medicine · 2022
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Stephen P WilliamsDepartment of Otorhinolaryngology, Countess of Chester Hospital, Cheshire CH6 1UL, UK spwilliams@doctors.org.uk.
Mahmood F BhuttaDepartment of Otorhinolaryngology, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford OX3 9DU, UK.
Countess of Chester Hospital · GBJohn Radcliffe Hospital · GB

Funding

Department of Health NIHR-RP-011-045
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We report a rare case of chronic cough as the presenting symptom of a primary brainstem lesion. A 69-year-old gentleman presented with chronic cough followed by onset of progressive truncal ataxia, incoordination and nystagmus. Contrast-enhanced imaging showed a midbrain lesion extending into the cerebellum, confirmed as lymphoma by stereotactic brain biopsy. The patient was successfully treated with chemotherapy, but his cough persists. We present this case to highlight the possibility of a brainstem lesion as a rare central cause of chronic cough, and suggest that the diagnosis is considered in those with concomitant neurological symptoms.

Identifiers

PMID25344556
PMCPMC4208298
OpenAlexW2125384046

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