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ArticleRespiratory medicine case reports2020

T Kakuwa, A Ariga, J Takasaki, M Kato, T Igari, Y Shida, T Okafuji, S Nakamura, Y Miyazaki, H Katano and 3 more

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Article in Respiratory medicine case reports, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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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

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

13 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

T KakuwaDepartment of Respiratory Medicine, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
A ArigaDepartment of Respiratory Medicine, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
J TakasakiDepartment of Respiratory Medicine, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
M KatoDepartment of Pathology, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
T IgariDepartment of Pathology, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
Y ShidaDepartment of Radiology, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
T OkafujiDepartment of Radiology, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
S NakamuraDepartment of Chemotherapy and Mycoses, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo, Japan.
Y MiyazakiDepartment of Chemotherapy and Mycoses, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo, Japan.
H KatanoDepartment of Pathology, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo, Japan.
M IikuraDepartment of Respiratory Medicine, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
S IzumiDepartment of Respiratory Medicine, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
H SugiyamaDepartment of Respiratory Medicine, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
National Center for Global Health and Medicine · JPNational Institute of Infectious Diseases · JP

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Mucormycosis is a life-threatening infectious disease that occurs most commonly in immunocompromised patients such as those with hematological malignancies. Its clinical symptoms and associated radiological findings vary and specific biomarkers and culture characteristics have not been defined. An 85-year-old man who had been treated for myelodysplastic syndrome and tuberculosis for several months presented with subacute fever and worsening left-side chest pain. Contrast-enhanced computed tomography images depicted massive tumor-like consolidation without enhancement, expanding from the left lower lobe. Emboli that did not respond to anticoagulants were detected in the left descending pulmonary artery. Despite intensive treatment he developed multiple organ failure and died 47 days after hospitalization. Gross pathology of a lung autopsy specimen revealed left lower pulmonary arterial emboli and pulmonary infarction, which was concluded to be the direct cause of death. The emboli were histopathologically identified as invasive mycelia in vessels.

Indexed as

Lung abscessMucormycosisMyelodysplastic syndromePulmonary infarctionSuperinfection

Identifiers

PMID32190545
PMCPMC7068122
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