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ReviewEmergency radiology2017

Reversible splenial lesions presenting in conjunction with febrile illness: a case series and literature review.

David Lin, Matthew Rheinboldt

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Review in Emergency radiology, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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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

3 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

David LinDepartment of Radiology, Henry Ford Health System, 2799 West Grand Blvd, Detroit, MI, 48202, USA.
Matthew RheinboldtDepartment of Radiology, Henry Ford Health System, 2799 West Grand Blvd, Detroit, MI, 48202, USA. matthewr@rad.hfh.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6981-5588

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Transient restricted diffusion and increased T2 signal intensity within the splenium of the corpus callosum is an increasingly recognized albeit uncommon imaging feature in the setting of acute encephalitis and antecedent viral illness. This review will discuss three index cases obtained from an institutional databank. Additionally, the current understanding of the underlying neurophysiologic pathogenesis will be discussed together with differential clinical and imaging diagnostic considerations, treatment options, and outcome metrics.

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FeverAdolescentAdultBrain DiseasesChildContrast MediaCorpus CallosumDiagnosis, DifferentialHumansMagnetic Resonance ImagingMaleTomography, X-Ray ComputedVirus DiseasesContrast MediaCentral Nervous System MalignancyHigh Altitude Cerebral EdemaRespiratory Syncytial VirusRestricted DiffusionWest Nile Virus

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