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ArticleBMJ case reports2016

Challenging neck mass: non-functional giant parathyroid adenoma.

Chiara Mossinelli, Alberto Maria Saibene, Loredana De Pasquale, Alberto Maccari

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Article in BMJ case reports, 2016. 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.

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6citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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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.

  1. Pooled it
  2. Immunohistochemical Profile of Parathyroid Tumours: A Comprehensive Review.International journal of molecular sciences · 2022
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Chiara MossinelliOtolaryngology Unit, San Paolo Hospital, Department of Health Sciences, Universitá degli Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy.
Alberto Maria SaibeneOtolaryngology Unit, San Paolo Hospital, Department of Health Sciences, Universitá degli Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy.
Loredana De Pasquale2Endocrine Surgery Service, II Surgery Unit, San Paolo Hospital, Department of Health Sciences, Universitá degli Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy.
Alberto MaccariOtolaryngology Unit, San Paolo Hospital, Department of Health Sciences, Universitá degli Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A 46-year-old man was referred to our ear, nose and throat department after the accidental discovery of a large retrotracheal mass. In order to obtain the diagnosis and to plan treatment he underwent a full battery of tests (CT, MRI, blood tests, hormonal assays, ultrasounds, thyroid scintigraphy, urine tests and fine-needle aspiration of the mass), but none of these was able to define the true nature of such cervical mass. Only after surgical excision and histological evaluation, it was diagnosed as an exceptional case of giant non-functional parathyroid adenoma.

Indexed as

AdenomaDiagnosis, DifferentialHumansIncidental FindingsMagnetic Resonance ImagingMaleMiddle AgedMultimodal ImagingNeckParathyroid NeoplasmsPhysical ExaminationTomography, X-Ray ComputedTreatment Outcome

Identifiers

PMID27535730
PMCPMC5015183

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