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ArticleCureus2018

Scedosporium apiospermum: A Rare Cause of Aggressive Orbital Apex Syndrome.

Ui Lyn Loh, Pih Yih Tai, Adil Hussein, Fazilawati A Qamarruddin

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In one paragraph

Article in Cureus, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
5citing papers in PubMed
0.6field-weighted citation impact, top 32% 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, 14 citations in OpenAlex.

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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

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Ui Lyn LohOphthalmology, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Kota Bharu, MYS.
Pih Yih TaiOphthalmology, Hospital Tengku Ampuan Rahimah, Klang, MYS.
Adil HusseinOphthalmology, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Kota Bharu, MYS.
Fazilawati A QamarruddinOphthalmology, Hospital Tengku Ampuan Rahimah, Klang, MYS.
Hospital Universiti Sains Malaysia · MY

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Orbital apex syndrome (OAS) is a localized orbital cellulitis at the orbital apex that can cause vision loss from optic neuropathy and ophthalmoplegia involving multiple cranial nerves. Herein, we report a rare and rapidly progressive case of OAS secondary to fungal pansinusitis caused by

Indexed as

orbital apex syndromescedosporium apiospermum

Identifiers

PMID30800553
PMCPMC6384044
OpenAlexW2905536095

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Registered trials

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