Evidence map›Paper›PMID 32820645›Full record

ArticleAnnals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England2021

Acute hyperparathyroid crisis: ectopic submandibular parathyroid gland the culprit.

M Unais T, P Gangadhar, N Kolikkat

Abstract readCase Reports
PubMed Full text at PMC Publisher
In one paragraph

Article in Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
4citing papers in PubMed
–field-weighted citation impact
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. Review
  2. Review
  3. Article
  4. [Prediction model of recurrence after parathyroidectomy in secondary hyperparathyroidism].Lin chuang er bi yan hou tou jing wai ke za zhi = Journal of clinical otorhinolaryngology head and neck surgery · 2023
    Article
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

3 authors.

M Unais TDepartment of Surgery, Iqraa International Hospital and Research Centre, Calicut, Kerala, India.
P GangadharDepartment of Endocrinology, Iqraa International Hospital and Research Centre, Calicut, Kerala, India.
N KolikkatDepartment of Pathology, Iqraa International Hospital and Research Centre, Calicut, Kerala, India.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Parathyroid exploration via a focused approach or bilateral neck exploration should be considered in the management of all types of hyperparathyroidism. Eutopic and ectopic, single or multiple glands can pose challenges to the surgeon and available preoperative imaging modalities may not be equally applicable or appropriate in all cases. We report an interesting case of parathyroid surgery where the patient presented with a rare ectopic adenoma in the form of a hyperparathyroid crisis.

Indexed as

NeckAdenomaAgedChoristomaHumansHyperparathyroidism, PrimaryMaleNeck DissectionParathyroidectomyParathyroid GlandsParathyroid NeoplasmsRadionuclide ImagingSeverity of Illness IndexTechnetium Tc 99m SestamibiTechnetium Tc 99m SestamibiEctopicExplorationsHyperparathyroid crisisParathyroid glandsSubmandibular

Identifiers

PMID32820645
PMCPMC7705145

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.