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ArticleEndocrine pathology2017

Teratoma of the Sellar Region: a Case Report.

Wolfgang Saeger, Azadeh Ebrahimi, Rudi Beschorner, Hildegard Spital, Jürgen Honegger, Waldemar Wilczak

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Article in Endocrine pathology, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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2citing papers in PubMed
0.2field-weighted citation impact, top 43% 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

2 citing papers in PubMed, 5 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

6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Wolfgang SaegerInstitutes of Pathology and Neuropathology of the University of Hamburg, UKE, Martinistraße 52, 20246, Hamburg, Germany. w.saeger@uke.de.
Azadeh EbrahimiDepartment of Neuropathology, Institute of Pathology and Neuropathology of the University of Tübingen, 72076, Tübingen, Germany.
Rudi BeschornerDepartment of Neuropathology, Institute of Pathology and Neuropathology of the University of Tübingen, 72076, Tübingen, Germany.
Hildegard SpitalHormone Center Karlsruhe, 76133, Karlsruhe, Germany.
Jürgen HoneggerClinic of Neurosurgery of the University of Tübingen, 72076, Tübingen, Germany.
Waldemar WilczakInstitute of Pathology of the University of Hamburg, UKE, 20246, Hamburg, Germany.
University of Tübingen · DEUniversität Hamburg · DE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The case report describes a teratoma of the sellar region with a gland forming and an immature, relatively clear undifferentiated component without signs of anaplasia. Both components express TTF-1 indicating their presumable origin in the neurohypophysis as part of the circumventricular organs. The differential diagnosis includes pituitary adenoma and spindle cell oncocytoma with inclusion of Rathke's cleft cyst, pituitary blastoma, yolk sac tumor, and other germ cell tumors. The prognosis is the same as in the immature teratomas in the gonads, specifically unclear.

Indexed as

AdultBrain NeoplasmsHumansMalePituitary GlandTeratomaCase reportPathologyPituitaryTeratoma

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PMID28102527
OpenAlexW2579837836

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