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ArticleBMC surgery2019

Ectopic insulinoma: case report.

Mengqing Sun, Yaping Luo, Yan You, Xianlin Han, Yupei Zhao, Xianlin Han, Yupei Zhao

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Article in BMC surgery, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
4citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
0.6field-weighted citation impact, top 28% 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

4 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 10 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Ectopic insulinoma: a systematic review.Reviews in endocrine & metabolic disorders · 2023
    Pooled it
  2. Long-term Survival in a Child with Malignant Insulinoma After Liver TransplantationJournal of clinical research in pediatric endocrinology · 2024
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Mengqing SunDepartment of General Surgery, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Beijing, China.
Yaping LuoDepartment of Nuclear Medicine, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Beijing, China.
Yan YouDepartment of Pathology, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Beijing, China.
Xianlin HanDepartment of General Surgery, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Beijing, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4083-3640
Yupei ZhaoDepartment of General Surgery, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Beijing, China.
Xianlin HanDepartment of General Surgery, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Beijing, China. hanxianlin@pumch.cn.
Yupei ZhaoDepartment of General Surgery, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Beijing, China. zhao8028@263.com.
Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundEctopic insulinoma is a rare entity that is difficult to diagnose before surgery. This article reports two cases of ectopic insulinoma. CASE PRESENTATION: Two patients manifested recurrent hypoglycemia with a typical Whipple triad. In terms of the qualitative diagnosis, the oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT) suggested a diagnosis of hyperinsulinemic hypoglycemia. However, preoperative imaging did not show a significant mass in the pancreas. In one patient, preoperative abdominal enhanced volume perfusion computed tomography (CT), somatostatin receptor imaging and

conclusionEctopic insulinoma is difficult to locate before surgery.

Indexed as

FemaleHumansHypoglycemiaInsulinomaMiddle AgedNeuroendocrine TumorsPancreatic NeoplasmsPositron Emission Tomography Computed TomographyTomography, X-Ray Computed68Ga-Exendin-4 PET/CTEctopic insulinomaHypoglycemia

Identifiers

PMID31852474
PMCPMC6921582
OpenAlexW2994901874

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