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ArticleBJR case reports2015

Rare case of a radiographically occult sacral lesion detected on MRI presenting with intractable back pain.

A J Degnan, C Maldjian, L Pantanowitz, J K Kofler

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Article in BJR case reports, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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4citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
–field-weighted citation impact, top 91% 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

4 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 5 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 2 institutions in 1 country.

A J Degnan
C MaldjianUniversity of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
L PantanowitzDepartment of Pathology, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
J K KoflerDepartment of Pathology, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center · USUniversity of Pittsburgh · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We report the imaging findings and histopathology of a rare case of sacral hibernoma in a female presenting with right buttock pain while sitting. The lesion was occult on radiographs and CT scan. A small, rounded right S2 lesion was hypointense on

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PMCPMC6159129
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