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ArticleBMJ case reports2018

Endoscopic diagnosis of a goblet cell carcinoid tumour of the appendix.

Vanessa Falk, Marcia Ballantyne, Sergio Zepeda-Gómez, Ali Kohansal-Vajargah

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Article in BMJ case reports, 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
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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

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, 2 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Review
  2. Goblet cell carcinoid of the appendix: Six case reports.World journal of clinical cases · 2024
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Vanessa FalkDepartment of Gastroenterology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
Marcia BallantyneDepartment of Anatomic Pathology, University of British Columbia, Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada.
Sergio Zepeda-GómezDepartment of Gastroenterology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
Ali Kohansal-VajargahDepartment of Gastroenterology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
University of Alberta · CAUniversity of British Columbia · CA

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Primary malignancies of the appendix are rare. Of these, less than 5% are goblet cell carcinoid (GCC) tumours. The majority of GCC present with findings of acute appendicitis or advanced peritoneal spread. We describe a rare presentation of GCC as subtle mucosal abnormality of the appendiceal orifice seen on colonoscopy performed for iron-deficiency anaemia. Biopsies were interpreted as adenocarcinoma; however, final surgical pathology confirmed GCC of the appendix with caecal involvement. The patient recovered well from surgery, anaemia resolved and follow-up did not show metastatic disease.

Indexed as

ColonoscopyAgedAnemia, Iron-DeficiencyAppendiceal NeoplasmsBiopsyCarcinoid TumorColectomyHumansIncidental FindingsLiverMagnetic Resonance ImagingMalecolon cancerendoscopygeneral surgerygi bleeding

Identifiers

PMID29764845
PMCPMC5965802
OpenAlexW2804301262

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