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ArticleJournal of otology2019

Tophaceous gout of the middle ear.

Stéphane Gargula, Guillaume Poillon, Mary Daval, Marc Williams, Mathieu Veyrat, Homa Adle-Biassette, Denis Ayache

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Article in Journal of otology, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6citing papers in PubMed
0.7field-weighted citation impact, top 30% 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

6 citing papers in PubMed, 7 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Neck swelling in a patient with gout - What is the cause?Malaysian family physician : the official journal of the Academy of Family Physicians of Malaysia · 2026
    Article
  2. Gouty tophi of the pinna.BMJ case reports · 2024
    Article
  3. Tophaceous Gout of the Middle Ear.Journal of the Belgian Society of Radiology · 2024
    Article
  4. Review
  5. Gout with Hearing Loss.Rheumatology and immunology research · 2021
    Article
  6. Beyond Medical Treatment: Surgical Treatment of Gout.Current rheumatology reports · 2020
    Review
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

7 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Stéphane GargulaDepartment of Otolaryngogy, Head and Neck Surgery, Foundation Adolphe de Rothschild Hospital, Paris, France.
Guillaume PoillonDepartment of Neuroradiology, Foundation Adolphe de Rothschild Hospital, Paris, France.
Mary DavalDepartment of Otolaryngogy, Head and Neck Surgery, Foundation Adolphe de Rothschild Hospital, Paris, France.
Marc WilliamsDepartment of Neuroradiology, Foundation Adolphe de Rothschild Hospital, Paris, France.
Mathieu VeyratDepartment of Otolaryngogy, Head and Neck Surgery, Foundation Adolphe de Rothschild Hospital, Paris, France.
Homa Adle-BiassetteDepartment of Pathology, Lariboisière Hospital, Paris Diderot, Paris-Cité-Sorbonne University, Paris, France.
Denis AyacheDepartment of Otolaryngogy, Head and Neck Surgery, Foundation Adolphe de Rothschild Hospital, Paris, France.
Fondation Ophtalmologique Adolphe de Rothschild · FRHôpital Lariboisière · FR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We present a very rare case of tophaceous gout of the middle ear causing conductive hearing loss, with special emphasis on Computed Tomography presentation.

Indexed as

Computed tomographyConductive hearing lossGoutHearing lossMiddle ear

Identifiers

PMID32742276
PMCPMC7387856
OpenAlexW2971328172

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