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ReviewCurrent gastroenterology reports2017

Liver Masses: What Physicians Need to Know About Ordering and Interpreting Liver Imaging.

Arman Sheybani, Ron C Gaba, R Peter Lokken, Senta M Berggruen, Winnie A Mar

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Review in Current gastroenterology reports, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1citing papers in PubMed
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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

1 citing paper in PubMed.

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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

5 authors.

Arman SheybaniDepartment of Radiology, University of Illinois at Chicago, 1740 W Taylor St Rm 2483, MC 931, Chicago, IL, 60612, USA.
Ron C GabaDepartment of Radiology, University of Illinois at Chicago, 1740 W Taylor St Rm 2483, MC 931, Chicago, IL, 60612, USA.
R Peter LokkenDepartment of Radiology, University of Illinois at Chicago, 1740 W Taylor St Rm 2483, MC 931, Chicago, IL, 60612, USA.
Senta M BerggruenDepartment of Radiology, Northwestern University, NMH/Arkes Family Pavilion Suite 800, 676 N Saint Clair, Chicago, IL, 60611, USA.
Winnie A MarDepartment of Radiology, University of Illinois at Chicago, 1740 W Taylor St Rm 2483, MC 931, Chicago, IL, 60612, USA. wmar@uic.edu.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purpose of reviewThis paper reviews diagnostic imaging techniques used to characterize liver masses and the imaging characteristics of the most common liver masses. RECENT

findingsThe role of recently adopted ultrasound and magnetic resonance imaging contrast agents will be emphasized. Contrast-enhanced ultrasound is an inexpensive exam which can confirm benignity of certain liver masses without ionizing radiation. Magnetic resonance imaging using hepatocyte-specific gadolinium-based contrast agents can help confirm or narrow the differential diagnosis of liver masses.

Indexed as

AdenomaCarcinoma, HepatocellularCholangiocarcinomaContrast MediaCystsFatty LiverFocal Nodular HyperplasiaHemangiomaHumansLiver AbscessLiver NeoplasmsMagnetic Resonance ImagingTomography, X-Ray ComputedUltrasonographyContrast MediaAppropriate examContrastCTFocal liver lesionMRIUltrasound

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PMID29044439

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