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ArticleSurgical neurology international2021

Mollaret's triangle: An important neuroanatomical territory for all clinicians.

Lindsey Bulleid, Tom Hughes, Paul Leach

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Article in Surgical neurology international, 2021. 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.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
1citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
0.7field-weighted citation impact, top 31% of its field
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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 8 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Pooled it
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Lindsey BulleidDepartment of Neurosurgery, University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff, South Wales, United Kingdom.
Tom HughesDepartment of Neurology, University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff, South Wales, United Kingdom.
Paul LeachDepartment of Neurosurgery, University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff, South Wales, United Kingdom.
University Hospital of Wales · GB

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundHypertrophic olivary degeneration is a rare condition caused by damage within the triangle of Guillain and Mollaret. We discuss the anatomical, radiological, and clinical history of this rare condition. CASE DESCRIPTION: A 32-year-old lady presented with sub-acute headache, photophobia, and dizziness. She also described facial tingling and itching over her nose, and a thirty-minute episode of slurred speech. Magnetic resonance imaging revealed a 12.1 × 11 × 7.3 mm lesion arising from the floor of the fourth ventricle [Figure 1]. Postoperative imaging confirmed complete resection of the tumor, but changes consistent with hypertrophic olivary degeneration [Figure 2a and b].

conclusionAn awareness of this complication is of importance to all clinical neuroscience to prevent misdiagnosis with the occurrence of new symptoms.

Indexed as

Cervical myoclonusFourth ventricular tumorHypertrophic olivary degenerationOscillopsiaPalatal myoclonusTriangle of Guillain and Mollaret

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PMID33767898
PMCPMC7982116
OpenAlexW3133780242

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