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ArticleThe Pan African medical journal2020

Case report: incidental findings of COVID-19 infection on positron emission tomography/computed tomography for staging of a giant gastric gastrointestinal stromal tumor.

Hamish Reed-Embleton, Khurram Shahzad Khan, Navin Mathias, Sajid Mahmud

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Article in The Pan African medical journal, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
0.2field-weighted citation impact, top 50% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 1 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

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Hamish Reed-EmbletonDepartment of Surgery, University Hospital Hairmyres, East Kilbride, Scotland, UK.
Khurram Shahzad KhanDepartment of Surgery, University Hospital Hairmyres, East Kilbride, Scotland, UK.
Navin MathiasDepartment of Radiology, University Hospital Hairmyres, East Kilbride, Scotland, UK.
Sajid MahmudDepartment of Surgery, University Hospital Hairmyres, East Kilbride, Scotland, UK.
Hairmyres Hospital · GB

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We report the incidental finding of COVID-19 in a 59-year-old male, with no significant cardiorespiratory past medical history who underwent a fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography (FDG-PET) scan for investigation of a likely gastric gastrointestinal stromal tumor (GIST). There may be significant discrepancies between clinical symptoms and radiological severity with COVID-19 infection. FDG-PET scanning has the potential to complement traditional radiological imaging in COVID-19 in diagnosis of subclinical diagnosis or early stage disease, as well as monitoring disease progression.

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COVID-19COVID-19 TestingFluorodeoxyglucose F18Gastrointestinal Stromal TumorsHumansIncidental FindingsMaleMiddle AgedNeoplasm StagingPositron Emission Tomography Computed TomographyRadiographyStomach NeoplasmsFluorodeoxyglucose F18Covid-19FDG-PETgastrointestinal stromal tumorGIST

Identifiers

PMID33623553
PMCPMC7875735
OpenAlexW3041057709

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