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ReviewJournal of radiology case reports2019

Intracranial calcifications on CT: an updated review.

Charbel Saade, Elie Najem, Karl Asmar, Rida Salman, Bassam El Achkar, Lena Naffaa

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Review in Journal of radiology case reports, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 63 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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63citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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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

63 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 111 citations in OpenAlex.

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  13. Optic nerve and choroidal calcification in pediatric neurofibromatosis type 2.American journal of ophthalmology case reports · 2025
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  19. Bilateral Cerebral Calcifications in Secondary Fahr's Syndrome.Case reports in neurological medicine · 2025
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3 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

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

6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Charbel SaadeDepartment of Medical Imaging Sciences, American University of Beirut Medical Center, Beirut, Lebanon.
Elie NajemDepartment of Diagnostic Radiology, American University of Beirut Medical Center, Beirut, Lebanon.
Karl AsmarDepartment of Diagnostic Radiology, American University of Beirut Medical Center, Beirut, Lebanon.
Rida SalmanDepartment of Diagnostic Radiology, American University of Beirut Medical Center, Beirut, Lebanon.
Bassam El AchkarDepartment of Diagnostic Radiology, American University of Beirut Medical Center, Beirut, Lebanon.
Lena NaffaaDepartment of Diagnostic Radiology, American University of Beirut Medical Center, Beirut, Lebanon.
American University of Beirut Medical Center · LB

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Intracranial calcifications are frequently encountered in non-contrast computed tomography scan in both adult and pediatric age groups. They refer to calcifications within the brain parenchyma or vasculature and can be classified into several major categories: physiologic/age-related, dystrophic, congenital disorders/phakomatoses, infectious, vascular, neoplastic, metabolic/endocrine, inflammatory and toxic diseases. In this updated review, we present a wide spectrum of intracranial calcifications from both pediatric and adult populations focusing on their pattern, size and location.

Indexed as

Calcification, PhysiologicBrainBrain DiseasesCalcinosisHumansTerminology as TopicTomography, X-Ray ComputedAdult calcificationCTIntracranial calcificationsPathologic calcificationsPediatric calcificationsPhysiologic calcifications

Identifiers

PMID31558966
PMCPMC6738489
OpenAlexW2970698060

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