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ArticleCNS oncology2021

When tumefactive demyelination is truly a tumor: case report of a radiographic misdiagnosis.

Breanna Taylor, Mallika P Patel, Katherine B Peters

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Article in CNS oncology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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0cells of the map it votes in
1citing papers in PubMed
0.3field-weighted citation impact, top 45% 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.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed, 2 citations in OpenAlex.

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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

3 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Breanna TaylorDepartment of Pharmacy, University of Miami Health System, Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, Miami, FL 33136, USA.
Mallika P PatelDepartment of Pharmacy, Duke University Hospital, The Preston Robert Tisch Brain Tumor Center, Durham, NC 27710, USA.
Katherine B PetersDepartment of Neurosurgery, Duke University School of Medicine, The Preston Robert Tisch Brain Tumor Center, Durham, NC 27710, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-5110-3868
Duke University · USDuke University Hospital · USUniversity of Miami Health System · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Oligodendrogliomas are slow-growing tumors that account for 15-20% of gliomas. This case report describes the case of an adult male patient diagnosed initially with tumefactive demyelination and multiple sclerosis, which was subsequently found to be a well-differentiated low-grade oligodendroglioma. This case emphasizes the importance of timely diagnosis in oligodendrogliomas and other brain tumors for the prompt initiation of appropriate therapy, to minimize the likelihood of disease progression, ensure symptom management and escalation of unnecessary treatments for multiple sclerosis.

Indexed as

Brain NeoplasmsDemyelinating DiseasesGliomaOligodendrogliomaAdultDiagnostic ErrorsHumansMaledemyelinationmultiple sclerosisoligodendrogliomatumefactive

Identifiers

PMID33448234
PMCPMC7962173
OpenAlexW3122964681

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