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ArticleBMJ case reports2019

Magnetic resonance features of sinonasal melanotic mucosal melanoma.

Cosimo Nardi, Chiara Vignoli, Margherita Vannucchi, Michele Pietragalla

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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 5 papers.

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5citing papers in PubMed
1.3field-weighted citation impact, top 19% 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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed, 11 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Cosimo NardiDepartment of Experimental and Clinical Biomedical Sciences, Radiodiagnostic Unit n. 2, University of Florence - Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Careggi, Florence, Italy.
Chiara VignoliDepartment of Experimental and Clinical Biomedical Sciences, Radiodiagnostic Unit n. 2, University of Florence - Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Careggi, Florence, Italy.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4984-3143
Margherita VannucchiDepartment of Surgery and Translational Medicine, Division of Pathological Anatomy, University of Florence - Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Careggi, Florence, Italy.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0823-8131
Michele PietragallaDepartment of Experimental and Clinical Biomedical Sciences, Radiodiagnostic Unit n. 2, University of Florence - Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Careggi, Florence, Italy.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4589-7109
Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Careggi · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A 67-year-old man presented to ear, nose and throat department complaining of nasal congestion and recurrent epistaxis for 5 months. Nasal endoscopy revealed a pigmented polyp obstructing the right nasal cavity. MRI with contrast agent showed a right nasal cavity polypoid mass with hyper signal intensity (SI) both in non-enhanced T1-w and diffusion imaging, marked hypo SI in T2-w sequences and avidly contrast enhancement characterised by rapid wash-in without significant wash-out on dynamic perfusion imaging. Histological specimen showed epithelioid and spindle cells with focal intense pigmentations and immunohistochemical features compatible with primary melanotic sinonasal mucosal melanoma (SNM). As melanotic SNM shows MRI pathognomonic high non-enhanced T1-w SI, this case underlines the crucial role of MRI not only in assessing the local tumour extension/recurrence but also in increasing the diagnostic confidence of detecting melanotic SNM. Thus, MRI should be always performed in case of clinical-endoscopic suspicion of SNM.

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AgedHumansMagnetic Resonance ImagingMaleMelanomaNasal MucosaNeoplasm StagingNose NeoplasmsPancreatic NeoplasmsPositron Emission Tomography Computed Tomographyear, nose and throathead and neck cancernasal polypsradiology

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PMID31337627
PMCPMC6663168
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