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ArticleCureus2016

Intraventricular Undifferentiated Pleomorphic Sarcoma: A Case Report.

Emily P Sieg, Hayk Stepanyan, Russell Payne, Elizabeth Frauenhoffer, Charles S Specht, Sara Langan, Elias Rizk

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Article in Cureus, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
1citing papers in PubMed
0.5field-weighted citation impact, top 27% 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

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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

1 citing paper in PubMed, 2 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Emily P SiegDepartment of Neurosurgery, Penn State Hershey Medical Center.
Hayk StepanyanMedical Student, Penn State College of Medicine.
Russell PayneDepartment of Neurosurgery, Penn State Hershey Medical Center.
Elizabeth FrauenhofferPathology, Penn State Hershey Medical Center.
Charles S SpechtPathology, Penn State Hershey Medical Center.
Sara LanganDepartment of Neurosurgery, Penn State Hershey Medical Center.
Elias RizkDepartment of Neurosurgery, Penn State Hershey Medical Center.
William Penn University · USPenn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Undifferentiated pleomorphic sarcoma is a histologic diagnosis based on cell morphology. These tumors are found throughout the body. They are rarely found in the central nervous system and almost never occur as a primary intraventricular tumor. We present the unusual case of a 68-year-old woman with an intraventricular undifferentiated pleomorphic sarcoma. We go on to discuss the clinical presentation, radiographic characteristics, and management paradigm for these rare lesions. Our patient presented with acute confusion, inability to balance a checkbook, and gait imbalance. CT and MRI demonstrated a 4 x 3.6 x 3.6 cm enhancing lesion in the left lateral ventricle abutting the foramen of Monro. Pathology revealed an undifferentiated pleomorphic sarcoma.

Indexed as

cranial spindle cell tumorintraventricular massspindle cell tumorundifferentiated pleomorphic sarcoma

Identifiers

PMID28003940
PMCPMC5156626
OpenAlexW2549971070

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