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ArticleCureus2018

Glioblastoma Multiforme Involving Conus Medullaris in a Child.

Muhammad Atif Mansha, Agha Muhammad Hammad Khan, Ahmed Nadeem N Abbasi, Muhammad Usman U Tariq, Naureen Mushtaq, Maria Tariq, Asmara Waheed

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Article in Cureus, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
3citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
0.6field-weighted citation impact, top 31% 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, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 7 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Pediatric-type high-grade glioma of the spinal cord in the molecular era: institutional case series and updated systematic review of the literature.Child's nervous system : ChNS : official journal of the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery · 2025
    Pooled it
  2. Primary and metastatic glioblastoma of the spine in the pediatric population: a systematic review.Child's nervous system : ChNS : official journal of the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery · 2021
    Pooled it
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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

7 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Muhammad Atif ManshaOncology, Aga Khan University, Karachi, PAK.
Agha Muhammad Hammad KhanOncology, Aga Khan University, Karachi, PAK.
Ahmed Nadeem N AbbasiOncology, Aga Khan University, Karachi, PAK.
Muhammad Usman U TariqPathology & Laboratory Medicine, Aga Khan University, Karachi, PAK.
Naureen MushtaqOncology, Aga Khan University, Karachi, PAK.
Maria TariqPediatrics, Aga Khan University, Karachi, PAK.
Asmara WaheedOncology, Aga Khan University, Karachi, PAK.
Aga Khan University Hospital · PKAga Khan University · PK

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Primary spinal cord glioblastoma multiforme involving the conus medullaris is an uncommon entity with poor outcomes. An aggressive multimodality treatment approach has been used, but prognosis remains same. There are no guidelines for the treatment of patients with spinal glioblastoma multiforme (GBM). We highlight the case of a child diagnosed with conal GBM. He was treated with definitive surgery followed by adjuvant concurrent chemoradiation. After completion of treatment, he showed a temporary symptomatic improvement, but later on his condition deteriorated. We elaborate the stepwise treatment approach employed in this patient.

Indexed as

pediatric neuro-oncologyspinal tumor

Identifiers

PMID30148015
PMCPMC6107034
OpenAlexW2808944873

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