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ReviewRadiographics : a review publication of the Radiological Society of North America, Inc

Noninfectious Granulomatous Diseases of the Chest.

Muhammad Naeem, David H Ballard, Hamza Jawad, Constantine Raptis, Sanjeev Bhalla

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Review in Radiographics : a review publication of the Radiological Society of North America, Inc. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
14citing papers in PubMed
1.4field-weighted citation impact, top 18% 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

14 citing papers in PubMed, 36 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. A case report of pulmonary granuloma misdiagnosed as a malignant tumor.The Journal of international medical research · 2026
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  10. An unusual case of pleural effusion.Internal and emergency medicine · 2023
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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 NaeemFrom the Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, Washington University School of Medicine, 510 S Kingshighway Blvd, Campus Box 8131, St. Louis, MO 63110.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8626-0916
David H BallardFrom the Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, Washington University School of Medicine, 510 S Kingshighway Blvd, Campus Box 8131, St. Louis, MO 63110.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7470-3364
Hamza JawadFrom the Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, Washington University School of Medicine, 510 S Kingshighway Blvd, Campus Box 8131, St. Louis, MO 63110.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9350-5267
Constantine RaptisFrom the Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, Washington University School of Medicine, 510 S Kingshighway Blvd, Campus Box 8131, St. Louis, MO 63110.
Sanjeev BhallaFrom the Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, Washington University School of Medicine, 510 S Kingshighway Blvd, Campus Box 8131, St. Louis, MO 63110.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1262-8925
Mallinckrodt (United States) · US

Funding

Training OPportunities in Translational Imaging Education and Research (TOP-TIER)T32EB021955 · NIBIB · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI Hongyu An, Joseph Edward Ippolito · 2017 to 2026
$2.4M
NIBIB NIH HHS T32 EB021955
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Granulomas are pathologically defined as focal aggregations of activated macrophages, Langerhans cells, and lymphocytes. Granulomas form in the lungs when the immune system barricades the substances it perceives as foreign but is unable to remove. Granulomas manifest with numerous imaging appearances in thoracic radiology, and their presence is a nonspecific finding. Granulomatous lung diseases comprise multiple entities with variable clinical manifestations and outcomes. Their imaging findings are rarely specific and can mimic malignancies, often triggering an extensive diagnostic workup. Radiologists must be familiar with the clinical manifestations and imaging findings of these entities to generate appropriate differential diagnoses. This review describes the imaging manifestations of various noninfectious, necrotizing, and nonnecrotizing granulomatous diseases that primarily affect the thorax.

Indexed as

AlgorithmsDiagnosis, DifferentialGranulomaHumansNecrosisRadiography, ThoracicThoracic Diseases

Identifiers

PMID32501738
PMCPMC7337224
OpenAlexW3033198273

What OpenQuestion holds

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Registered trials

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