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ArticleGland surgery2020

Kah Seng Khoo, Peng Soon Koh, Khoon Leong Ng

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Article in Gland surgery, 2020. 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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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

6 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Invasive Non-typhoidalInfectious diseases & clinical microbiology · 2026
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  3. Idiopathic suppuration of the thyroid gland: report of two patients and analysis of the variations in clinical presentations.European archives of oto-rhino-laryngology : official journal of the European Federation of Oto-Rhino-Laryngological Societies (EUFOS) : affiliated with the German Society for Oto-Rhino-Laryngology - Head and Neck Surgery · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Kah Seng KhooSurgical Resident, Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Peng Soon KohGeneral & Hepato-biliary Surgeon, Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Khoon Leong NgGeneral & Endocrine Surgeon, Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Acute suppurative thyroiditis account for <1% of thyroid diseases and is uncommon because of the gland's encapsulation, iodine-rich environment, good vascular supply and extensive lymphatic drainage. It has been reported in patients with underlying goiters, thyroid cancers and in immuno-compromised patients. The usual causative organisms are

Indexed as

case reportInfectionSalmonellathyroid abscess

Identifiers

PMID33447571
PMCPMC7804525

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