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ReviewDer Radiologe2018

[Rathke cysts, craniopharyngioma, and colloid cysts : What are the differences between these pathologies?]

R Eymann, M Kiefer

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Review in Der Radiologe, 2018. 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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3citing 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

3 citing papers 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

2 authors.

R EymannKlinik für Neurochirurgie, Universitätsklinikum des Saarlandes, Kirrbergerstraße, Gebäude 90.5, 66421, Homburg/Saar, Deutschland. Regina.Eymann@uks.eu.
M KieferUniversität des Saarlandes, Homburg/Saar, Deutschland.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

clinical issueHeadache is the most common symptom of colloid cysts, Rathke cysts, and craniopharyngioma due to their location in the midline, being extra-axial and typically presenting in the parasellar region. THERAPEUTIC PROBLEMS: Although these tumors are generally considered benign, each has its typical characteristics defined by its location and histology. These individual characteristics define whether surgery is necessary at all and if so, the preferred surgical approach and resection's totality. The histopathological findings primarily indicate that embryonic malformations-at the first glance, ectodermal in nature-cause these tumors. ACHIEVEMENT: Due to the fact that these disturbances occur at the boundary between ectodermal stomodeum and endodermal cephalogaster, however, does leave some doubts.

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Colloid CystsCraniopharyngiomaPituitary NeoplasmsHumansMagnetic Resonance ImagingBrainEmbryologyHeadachesHistologyTumors

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