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ReviewJournal of ultrasound2019

Ultrasound diagnosis of typhlitis.

Stefania Tamburrini, Francesca Rosa Setola, Maria Paola Belfiore, Pietro Paolo Saturnino, Maria Gabriella Della Casa, Giuseppe Sarti, Roberta Abete, Ines Marano

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Review in Journal of ultrasound, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5citing papers in PubMed
2.0field-weighted citation impact, top 13% 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

5 citing papers in PubMed, 16 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Gut and liver involvement in pediatric hematolymphoid malignancies.World journal of gastrointestinal oncology · 2022
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  3. Ultrasound of Small Bowel Obstruction: A Pictorial Review.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021
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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

8 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Stefania TamburriniDepartment of Radiology-Ospedale del Mare-ASL NA1 Centro-Napoli, Naples, Italy. tamburrinistefania@gmail.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0455-0256
Francesca Rosa SetolaDepartment of Radiology-Ospedale del Mare-ASL NA1 Centro-Napoli, Naples, Italy.
Maria Paola BelfioreDepartment of Radiology-Ospedale del Mare-ASL NA1 Centro-Napoli, Naples, Italy.
Pietro Paolo SaturninoDepartment of Radiology-Ospedale del Mare-ASL NA1 Centro-Napoli, Naples, Italy.
Maria Gabriella Della CasaDepartment of Radiology-Ospedale del Mare-ASL NA1 Centro-Napoli, Naples, Italy.
Giuseppe SartiDepartment of Radiology-Ospedale dei Pellegrini-ASL NA1 Centro-Napoli, Naples, Italy.
Roberta AbeteDepartment of Surgery-Ospedale del Mare-ASL NA1 Centro, Naples, Italy.
Ines MaranoDepartment of Radiology-Ospedale del Mare-ASL NA1 Centro-Napoli, Naples, Italy.
Ospedale dei Pellegrini · ITRegione Campania · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeTyphlitis, also known as neutropenic colitis, is a rare inflammatory condition and a potentially life-threatening disease process that typically involves the cecum. Delay in diagnosis may lead to a fatal prognosis with a death rate of 21-48%. Ultrasound evaluation of right lower quadrant may lead to an accurate and rapid diagnosis.

methodsWe describe the case of a 59-year-old female with advanced Churg-Strauss syndrome treated with cyclophosphamide, with acute right lower quadrant pain.

resultsUltrasound was the first diagnostic step in the diagnosis of typhlitis. Sonographic findings were comparable to CT imaging.

conclusionsBowel bedside ultrasound evaluation in emergency settings may lead to a prompt and definitive diagnosis. Although CT is considered the gold standard in the diagnosis and staging of neutropenic colitis, ultrasound was able to identify the pathology accurately. Ultrasound findings of typhlitis are highly characteristic, showing circumferential wall thickening with predominant submucosa.

Indexed as

Emergency Medical ServicesPoint-of-Care TestingUltrasonographyAbdominal PainCecumChurg-Strauss SyndromeCyclophosphamideEarly DiagnosisFemaleHumansImmunosuppressive AgentsMiddle AgedTyphlitisCyclophosphamideImmunosuppressive AgentsAcute colitisBedsideBedside ultrasoundEmergency ultrasoundTyphlitis

Identifiers

PMID30367357
PMCPMC6430296
OpenAlexW2898154883

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