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ArticleCureus2019

A Challenging Diagnosis of Eosinophilic Cholangitis Requiring Resection of Extrahepatic Bile Ducts.

Muhammad B Hammami, Levonti Ohanisian, Navneet Kaur, Ahmad Irshad, Angel Sidley

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Article in Cureus, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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2citing papers in PubMed
0.2field-weighted citation impact, top 45% 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

2 citing papers in PubMed, 3 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Eosinophilic Cholangiopathy Associated with Mite Allergy.Internal medicine (Tokyo, Japan) · 2025
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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

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Muhammad B HammamiInternal Medicine, Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, USA.
Levonti OhanisianOrthopaedic Surgery, Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, USA.
Navneet KaurInternal Medicine, Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, USA.
Ahmad IrshadInternal Medicine, Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, USA.
Angel SidleyPediatrics, Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, USA.
Florida Atlantic University · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Eosinophilic cholangitis (EC) is a rare benign disease characterized by transmural eosinophilic infiltration of the biliary tree that may result in biliary stricture and obstructive jaundice. The pathophysiology remains unknown but is theorized to involve an allergic mechanism. EC is diagnostically challenging as it may mimic cholangiocarcinoma (CCA) clinically and radiographically and involves a broad differential diagnosis including benign and malignant pathologies. In addition to tumor markers, ultrasonography, contrast-enhanced computed tomography (CT), and magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography (MRCP), proper evaluation of malignant processes may need biopsy through endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) and surgical exploration. We present the case of a 47-year-old female diagnosed with EC upon exploratory laparotomy.

Indexed as

bile ductcholangitiseosinophilic

Identifiers

PMID31423401
PMCPMC6692105
OpenAlexW2951711469

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