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ArticleBMJ case reports2019

Primary angiosarcoma of thyroid.

Ananya Kondapalli, Lucas Redd, Lorraine DeBlanche, Yin Oo

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Article in BMJ case reports, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
6citing papers in PubMed
0.5field-weighted citation impact, top 31% 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

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

6 citing papers in PubMed, 11 citations in OpenAlex.

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  5. Non-alpine primary thyroid angiosarcoma.Archives of endocrinology and metabolism · 2022
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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.

Ananya KondapalliDepartment of Medicine, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, USA.
Lucas ReddVA North Texas Health Care System, Dallas, Texas, USA.
Lorraine DeBlancheVA North Texas Health Care System, Dallas, Texas, USA.
Yin OoVA North Texas Health Care System, Dallas, Texas, USA.
VA North Texas Health Care System · USSouthwestern Medical Center · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Mesenchymal origin of primary thyroid angiosarcomas (TAS) is extremely rare and comprises less than 1% of primary thyroid cancer worldwide. While TAS are most commonly occurring in the Alpine region, there are multiple reported cases of TAS in non-Alpine regions. Diagnosis of TAS is commonly made after thyroidectomy as cytologic diagnosis can be challenging due to paucity of cells, presence of necrosis and unawareness of the disease due to rarity. We report a case of primary TAS diagnosed by cytology in a 56-year-old man who presented with a sudden onset of left neck pain, swelling and haemoptysis. He was later noted to have suspicious nodules on both lobes of thyroid on ultrasound. Fine needle aspiration of thyroid nodules showed malignant epithelioid cells. The diagnosis of TAS was made based on positive endothelial markers such as thrombomodulin and CD31, with many pertinent negatives, including negative cytokeratins,thyroid transcription factor (TTF1), thyroglobulin, calcitonin and carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA).

Indexed as

Antibiotics, AntineoplasticDoxorubicinHemangiosarcomaHumansIfosfamideMaleMesnaMiddle AgedThyroid GlandThyroid NeoplasmsUltrasonographyAntibiotics, AntineoplasticDoxorubicinIfosfamideMesnacancer interventionendocrine cancerthyroid disease

Identifiers

PMID31248893
PMCPMC6605889
OpenAlexW2954304525

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