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ArticleOpen access Macedonian journal of medical sciences2018

Idiopathic Scrotal Calcinosis - A Case Report.

Uwe Wollina, Jacqueline Schönlebe, Katlein França, Georgi Tchernev, Torello Lotti

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Article in Open access Macedonian journal of medical sciences, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
3citing papers in PubMed
1.3field-weighted citation impact, top 22% 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

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, 7 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Young Man with Multiple Scrotal Growths.Oman medical journal · 2022
    Article
  2. Scrotal calcinosis: a case report and literature review.American journal of clinical and experimental urology · 2022
    Article
  3. COJournal of lasers in medical sciences · 2020
    Article
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Uwe WollinaStädtisches Klinikum Dresden - Department of Dermatology and Allergology, Dresden, Sachsen, Germany.
Jacqueline SchönlebeStädtisches Klinikum Dresden - Center of Physical and Rehabilitative Medicine, Dresden, Germany.
Katlein FrançaDepartment of Dermatology and Cutaneous Surgery, Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences; Institute for Bioethics and Health Policy, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL, USA.
Georgi TchernevDepartment of Dermatology, Venereology and Dermatologic Surgery, Medical Institute of Ministry of Interior, Sofia, Bulgaria.
Torello LottiUniversity of Rome, Institute of Deramtology, Rome, Italy.
Ministry of Interior · BG

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Idiopathic scrotal calcinosis is a rare disorder presenting with firm and painless nodules on the scrotal skin. The most common site is the frontal aspect of the scrotum whereas the dorsal aspect with the transition to the perineum is rarely involved. Surgery is the gold standard of treatment.

Indexed as

HistopathologyIdiopathic calcinosisScrotal cystsScrotumSurgery

Identifiers

PMID29484000
PMCPMC5816274
OpenAlexW2782646234

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