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ArticleClinical case reports2020

Intraventricular metastatic melanoma: A case report and review of the literature.

Joshua D Bernstock, Gustavo Chagoya, Galal A Elsayed, Brandon M Fox, Nabiel Mir, Saksham Gupta, Melissa Chua, Travis J Atchley, Mina Lobbous, Houman Sotoudeh and 3 more

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Article in Clinical case reports, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3citing papers in PubMed
0.3field-weighted citation impact, top 43% 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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed, 8 citations in OpenAlex.

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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.

Joshua D BernstockDepartment of Neurosurgery Brigham and Women's Hospital Harvard Medical School Boston MA USA.
Gustavo ChagoyaDepartment of Neurosurgery The University of Alabama at Birmingham Birmingham AL USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8337-4467
Galal A ElsayedDepartment of Neurosurgery The University of Alabama at Birmingham Birmingham AL USA.
Brandon M FoxMedical Scientist Training Program The University of Alabama at Birmingham Birmingham AL USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2242-2477
Nabiel MirDepartment of Internal Medicine The University of Alabama at Birmingham Birmingham AL USA.
Saksham GuptaDepartment of Neurosurgery Brigham and Women's Hospital Harvard Medical School Boston MA USA.
Melissa ChuaDepartment of Neurosurgery Brigham and Women's Hospital Harvard Medical School Boston MA USA.
Travis J AtchleyDepartment of Neurosurgery The University of Alabama at Birmingham Birmingham AL USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8085-6911
Mina LobbousDivision of Neuro-Oncology Department of Neurology University of Alabama at Birmingham Birmingham AL USA.
Houman SotoudehDepartment of Neuroradiology University of Alabama at Birmingham Birmingham AL USA.
James HackneyDepartment of Pathology University of Alabama at Birmingham Birmingham AL USA.
Gregory K FriedmanDivision of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology Department of Pediatrics University of Alabama at Birmingham Birmingham AL USA.
Mark R HarriganDepartment of Neurosurgery The University of Alabama at Birmingham Birmingham AL USA.
University of Alabama at Birmingham · USBrigham and Women's Hospital · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Intraventricular melanoma is a very rare and highly malignant disease. Safe resection is the mainstay of treatment, but no standard guidelines exist for adjuvant therapy. Early histologic and molecular diagnosis is key for improved survival.

Indexed as

central nervous system metastasisintraventricular metastasismelanomametastatic melanoma

Identifiers

PMID32983491
PMCPMC7495808
OpenAlexW3040215468

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