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ReviewJournal of clinical medicine2020

CT Findings in Pulmonary and Abdominal Sarcoidosis. Implications for Diagnosis and Classification.

Claudio Tana, Iginio Donatiello, Maria Gabriella Coppola, Fabrizio Ricci, Marica Tina Maccarone, Tiziana Ciarambino, Francesco Cipollone, Maria Adele Giamberardino

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Review in Journal of clinical medicine, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 18 papers.

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18citing papers in PubMed
2.0field-weighted citation impact, top 13% of its field
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

18 citing papers in PubMed, 31 citations in OpenAlex.

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  4. Hepatic Sarcoidosis Mimicking a Metastatic Tumor.Internal medicine (Tokyo, Japan) · 2025
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  14. The Chameleon Behavior of Sarcoidosis.Journal of clinical medicine · 2021
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  16. Sarcoidosis: An Old but Always Challenging Disease.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021
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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

8 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Claudio TanaGeriatrics Clinic, "G. Bernabeo" Hospital, Contrada S. Liberata, 66026 Ortona (CH), Italy.
Iginio DonatielloInternal Medicine Unit, University Hospital of Salerno, 84131 Salerno, Italy.
Maria Gabriella CoppolaInternal Medicine Unit, Ospedale del Mare, 80145 Napoli, Italy.
Fabrizio RicciDepartment of Neuroscience, Imaging and Clinical Sciences, Institute of Advanced Biomedical Technologies, "G.d'Annunzio" University, 66100 Chieti, Italy.
Marica Tina MaccaroneImaging Department, Hospital of Pescara, 65123 Pescara, Italy.
Tiziana CiarambinoInternal Medicine Unit, Marcianise Hospital, 81025 Caserta, Italy.
Francesco CipolloneMedical Clinic, Department of Medicine and Science of Aging, "G. D'Annunzio", University of Chieti, 66100 Chieti, Italy.
Maria Adele GiamberardinoGeriatrics Clinic, Department of Medicine and Science of Aging, "G. D'Annunzio" University of Chieti, 66100 Chieti, Italy.
University of Chieti-Pescara · ITAzienda USL di Pescara · ITUniversity of Salerno · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Sarcoidosis is a granulomatous disorder of unknown etiology characterized by noncaseating granulomas virtually in every organ and tissue. This finding represents the most important diagnostic clue to reach a correct definition of sarcoidosis, although the biopsy is invasive and has several risk procedures. Several efforts are made to suspect the diagnosis of sarcoidosis by combining noninvasive elements, in particular from imaging, though these findings are often nonspecific and reflect the wide multifactorial pathogenesis. Every effort should be made to obtain a detailed radiological picture that, if associated with a suggestive clinical picture, could avoid the need of biopsy in some specific cases. In this narrative review, we aim to describe main computed tomography (CT) features of pulmonary and abdominal sarcoidosis, by reporting strengths and limits of this technique, in particular for the identification of extrapulmonary, isolated disease.

Indexed as

biopsycomputed tomographyimagingliverlungssarcoidosisspleen

Identifiers

PMID32962242
PMCPMC7565100
OpenAlexW3087354556

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