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ReviewWorld journal of clinical pediatrics2016

Spectrum of intracranial incidental findings on pediatric brain magnetic resonance imaging: What clinician should know?

Surya N Gupta, Vikash S Gupta, Andrew C White

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Review in World journal of clinical pediatrics, 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

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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

6 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 16 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Management of incidental brain tumors in children: a systematic review.Child's nervous system : ChNS : official journal of the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery · 2020
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Surya N GuptaSurya N Gupta, Section of Child Neurology, Children's Hospital of Illinois, University of Illinois College of Medicine, Peoria, IL 61603, United States.
Vikash S GuptaSurya N Gupta, Section of Child Neurology, Children's Hospital of Illinois, University of Illinois College of Medicine, Peoria, IL 61603, United States.
Andrew C WhiteSurya N Gupta, Section of Child Neurology, Children's Hospital of Illinois, University of Illinois College of Medicine, Peoria, IL 61603, United States.
Children's Hospital of Illinois · USIllinois College · USUniversity of Colorado Hospital · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Intracranial incidental findings on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the brain continue to generate interest in healthy control, research, and clinical subjects. However, in clinical practice, the discovery of incidental findings acts as a "distractor". This review is based on existing heterogeneous reports, their clinical implications, and how the results of incidental findings influence clinical management. This draws attention to the followings: (1) the prevalence of clinically significant incidental findings is low; (2) there is a lack of a systematic approach to classification; and discusses (3) how to deal with the detected incidental findings based a proposed common clinical profile. Individualized neurological care requires an active discussion regarding the need for neuroimaging. Clinical significance of incidental findings should be decided based on lesion's neuroradiologic characteristics in the given clinical context. Available evidence suggests that the outcome of an incidentally found "serious lesion in children" is excellent. Future studies of intracranial incidental findings on pediatric brain MRI should be focused on a homogeneous population. The study should address this clinical knowledge based review powered by the statistical analyses.

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ChildrenCommon clinical profileDevelopmental delayHeadacheIntracranial incidental findingMagnetic resonance imagingSeizure

Identifiers

PMID27610341
PMCPMC4978618
OpenAlexW2514608662

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