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ReviewJapanese journal of radiology2021

Spectrum of CT findings in amebic colitis.

Eliko Tanaka, Yuki Tashiro, Akio Kotake, Nobuyuki Takeyama, Takahiro Umemoto, Masatsugu Nagahama, Toshi Hashimoto

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Review in Japanese journal of radiology, 2021. 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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0cells of the map it votes in
3citing papers in PubMed
0.2field-weighted citation impact, top 48% 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.

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

3 citing papers in PubMed, 4 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Article
  2. Fulminant Amoebic Colitis.The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Eliko TanakaDepartment of Radiology, Showa University Fujigaoka Hospital, Aoba-ku Fujigaoka 1-20, Yokohama, Kanagawa, 227-8501, Japan. elikotn@gmail.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2397-1822
Yuki TashiroDepartment of Radiology, Showa University Fujigaoka Hospital, Aoba-ku Fujigaoka 1-20, Yokohama, Kanagawa, 227-8501, Japan.
Akio KotakeDepartment of Radiology, Showa University Fujigaoka Hospital, Aoba-ku Fujigaoka 1-20, Yokohama, Kanagawa, 227-8501, Japan.
Nobuyuki TakeyamaDepartment of Radiology, Showa University Fujigaoka Hospital, Aoba-ku Fujigaoka 1-20, Yokohama, Kanagawa, 227-8501, Japan.
Takahiro UmemotoDepartment of Surgery, Showa University Fujigaoka Hospital, Yokohama, Japan.
Masatsugu NagahamaDivision of Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, Showa University Fujigaoka Hospital, Yokohama, Japan.
Toshi HashimotoDepartment of Radiology, Showa University Fujigaoka Hospital, Aoba-ku Fujigaoka 1-20, Yokohama, Kanagawa, 227-8501, Japan.
Showa University Fujigaoka Hospital · JP

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Entamoeba histolytica is distributed throughout the world. Invasive amebiasis affects millions of people globally, and the associated complications cause 40,000-100,000 deaths per year. In countries where fecal-oral transmission is unusual, amebic colitis is not common, and the infection may be seen in travelers to and emigrants from endemic areas. Without adequate treatment, amebic colitis may develop into fulminant and become rapidly fatal. With the current increase in global mobility, amebic colitis should be suspected even in patients not in the endemic areas. CT plays an important role in the diagnosis of amebic colitis by demonstrating the presence of colitis with the typical involvement of the cecum and rectum. Pathological features of atypical involvement are also demonstrated. Since preoperative diagnosis can reduce the mortality associated with necrotizing colitis, radiologists need to recognize the typical as well as atypical CT findings of amebic colitis. Considering this requirement, this paper aims to describe the histopathologic features of amebic colitis and to illustrate the spectrum of corresponding CT findings.

Indexed as

Entamoeba histolyticaDysentery, AmebicEntamoebiasisGastrointestinal TractHumansMaleTomography, X-Ray ComputedAmebiasisAmebic colitisCTImagingInfectious colitis

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PMID33462730
OpenAlexW3125189018

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