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ArticleAsian journal of neurosurgery

A Rare Tumor of Clivus Masquerading as Pituitary Adenoma.

Swati Singh, Dipanker Singh Mankotia, Kepeemadam Balasubramanyam Shankar, Fouzia Siraj

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Article in Asian journal of neurosurgery. 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
0.4field-weighted citation impact, top 35% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed, 4 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Swati SinghDepartment of Pathology, ICMR-National Institute of Pathology, New Delhi, India.
Dipanker Singh MankotiaDepartment of Neurosurgery, VMMC and Safdarjung Hospital, New Delhi, India.
Kepeemadam Balasubramanyam ShankarDepartment of Neurosurgery, VMMC and Safdarjung Hospital, New Delhi, India.
Fouzia SirajDepartment of Pathology, ICMR-National Institute of Pathology, New Delhi, India.
National Institute of Pathology · INSafdarjang Hospital · IN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Giant cell tumors (GCT) are generally benign, commonly affecting young adults, with a slight preponderance in females. They are locally aggressive with a high rate of local recurrence. Most of them are found in the epiphysis of long bones, making the base of the skull a rare site. We report the case of a 35-year-old female, who presented with neurological symptoms of headache and diplopia. On magnetic resonance imaging, a space-occupying lesion was discovered in the clivus. Histopathology was diagnostic of a GCT. GCT arising from the clivus is extremely uncommon, with about 15 cases published in the literature. The present case highlights the rarity of this tumor and contributes to the existing literature with analysis and evaluation of the management strategies and prognosis.

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Clivusgiant cell tumorskull base

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PMID33708696
PMCPMC7869290
OpenAlexW3117030439

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