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ArticleBMJ case reports2018

Macrophagic myofasciitis: a challenging diagnosis.

Daniela Soares Santos, Arsénio Santos, Olinda Rebelo, Rui M Santos

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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 1 paper.

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0cells of the map it votes in
1citing papers in PubMed
0.8field-weighted citation impact, top 26% of its field
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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed, 6 citations in OpenAlex.

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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 1 institution in 1 country.

Daniela Soares SantosInternal Medicine, Centro Hospitalar e Universitario de Coimbra EPE, Coimbra, Portugal.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5822-2640
Arsénio SantosInternal Medicine, Centro Hospitalar e Universitario de Coimbra EPE, Coimbra, Portugal.
Olinda RebeloNeuropathology, Centro Hospitalar e Universitario de Coimbra EPE, Coimbra, Portugal.
Rui M SantosInternal Medicine, Centro Hospitalar e Universitario de Coimbra EPE, Coimbra, Portugal.
Hospitais da Universidade de Coimbra · PT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A 25-year-old man admitted for generalised muscle pain with an insidious onset 3 years ago. He had exercise intolerance and decrease in muscle strength, requiring gait support. He was previously healthy, with no chronic medication or recent history of drugs or toxics. National vaccination plan actualised with hepatitis B and tetanus vaccines administered 10 and 2 years, respectively, before symptom onset. No analytical, imaging or electromyography changes were found. Muscle biopsy revealed an inflammatory infiltrate predominantly macrophagic with aluminium deposits suggestive of macrophagic myofasciitis (MMF). It is probably associated with vaccines previously administered. MMF lesion can be regarded as pathological only if detected at least 18 months after last aluminic immunisation, as our case illustrates.

Indexed as

AdultAluminumBiopsyFasciitisGait Disorders, NeurologicHumansMacrophagesMaleMuscle, SkeletalMuscle WeaknessMyositisAluminummedical managementmuscle diseasepathology

Identifiers

PMID29973411
PMCPMC6040558
OpenAlexW2809968536

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