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ArticleCase reports in gastrointestinal medicine2018

Cystic Lymphangioma: Are Triglycerides Always Measurable?

Silke François, Manuella Martin, Olivier Costa, Daniel Urbain, Fazia Mana

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Article in Case reports in gastrointestinal medicine, 2018. 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
0.3field-weighted citation impact, top 39% 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

2 citing papers in PubMed, 9 citations in OpenAlex.

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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 at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Silke FrançoisUniversitair Ziekenhuis Brussel (UZ Brussel), Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Department of Gastro-Enterology, Laarbeeklaan 101, 1090 Brussels, Belgium.ORCID 0000-0003-4303-0296
Manuella MartinUniversitair Ziekenhuis Brussel (UZ Brussel), Department of Clinical Biology, Laarbeeklaan 101, 1090 Brussels, Belgium.
Olivier CostaUniversitair Ziekenhuis Brussel (UZ Brussel), Department of Clinical Biology, Laarbeeklaan 101, 1090 Brussels, Belgium.
Daniel UrbainUniversitair Ziekenhuis Brussel (UZ Brussel), Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Department of Gastro-Enterology, Laarbeeklaan 101, 1090 Brussels, Belgium.
Fazia ManaUniversitair Ziekenhuis Brussel (UZ Brussel), Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Department of Gastro-Enterology, Laarbeeklaan 101, 1090 Brussels, Belgium.
Vrije Universiteit Brussel · BEUniversitair Ziekenhuis Brussel · BE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The presence of chylous fluid with high triglycerides levels on endoscopic ultrasound- (EUS-) guided fine needle aspiration (FNA) is very pathognomonic for the diagnosis of cystic lymphangiomas of the pancreas. In our case report the puncture of the pancreatic cyst showed a typical milky fluid though measurable triglyceride concentrations were absent in the laboratory. Two possible explanations were found. First of all grossly lipemic samples show a slower rate of color development than do clear serums which can produce a false negative result if the sample is insufficiently diluted. Secondly, high lipase levels can divide triglycerides in glycerol and fatty acids, making the concentration of triglycerides undetectable.

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PMCPMC5852848
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