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ArticleWorld journal of gastroenterology2021

Cystic pancreatic lesions, the endless dilemma.

Hussein Hassan Okasha, Abeer Awad, Ahmed El-Meligui, Reem Ezzat, Ashraf Aboubakr, Sameh AbouElenin, Ramy El-Husseiny, Ahmed Alzamzamy

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Article in World journal of gastroenterology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

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10citing papers in PubMed
1.4field-weighted citation impact, top 15% 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

10 citing papers in PubMed, 21 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Endoscopic management of pancreatic cystic neoplasms.World journal of gastrointestinal oncology · 2025
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  2. The Effectiveness of Endoscopic Ultrasonography and Computed Tomography in the Differentiation of Pancreatic Cystic Neoplasms: A Single-Center Experience.The Turkish journal of gastroenterology : the official journal of Turkish Society of Gastroenterology · 2024
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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

8 authors at 5 institutions in 2 countries.

Hussein Hassan OkashaDepartment of Internal Medicine and Gastroenterology, Hepatology Unit, Kasr Al-Aini Hospitals, Cairo University, Cairo 11562, Egypt. okasha.hussein@gmail.com.
Abeer AwadDepartment of Internal Medicine and Gastroenterology, Hepatology Unit, Kasr Al-Aini Hospitals, Cairo University, Cairo 11562, Egypt.
Ahmed El-MeliguiDepartment of Internal Medicine and Gastroenterology, Hepatology Unit, Kasr Al-Aini Hospitals, Cairo University, Cairo 11562, Egypt.
Reem EzzatDepartment of Internal Medicine and Gastroenterology, Hepatology Unit, Assuit University, Assuit 71515, Egypt.
Ashraf AboubakrDepartment of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Maadi Armed Forces Medical Complex, Military Medical Academy, Cairo 11441, Egypt.
Sameh AbouEleninDepartment of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Military Medical Academy, Cairo 11441, Egypt.
Ramy El-HusseinyDepartment of Hepatology and Tropical Medicine, National Hepatology and Tropical Medicine Research Institute (NHTMRI), Cairo 11441, Egypt.
Ahmed AlzamzamyDepartment of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Maadi Armed Forces Medical Complex, Military Medical Academy, Cairo 11441, Egypt.
Military Medical Academy · EGCairo University hospitals · EGAssiut University · EGCairo University · EGResearch Institute for Tropical Medicine · PH

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cystic pancreatic lesions involve a wide variety of pathological entities that include neoplastic and non-neoplastic lesions. The proper diagnosis, differentiation, and staging of these cystic lesions are considered a crucial issue in planning further management. There are great challenges for their diagnostic models. In our time, new emerging methods for this diagnosis have been discovered. Endoscopic ultrasonography-guided fine-needle aspiration cytology with chemical and molecular analysis of cyst fluid and EUS-guided fine needle-based confocal laser endomicroscopy, through the needle microforceps biopsy, and single-operator cholangioscopy/pancreatoscopy are promising methods that have been used in the diagnosis of cystic pancreatic lesions. Hereby we discuss the diagnosis of cystic pancreatic lesions and the benefits of various diagnostic models.

Indexed as

Pancreatic CystPancreatic NeoplasmsEndoscopic Ultrasound-Guided Fine Needle AspirationEndosonographyHumansPancreasCyst fluid markersEndoscopic diagnosisEndoscopic ultrasonographyEndoscopic ultrasonography-guided fine needle-based confocal laser endomicroscopyPancreatic cystic lesionSingle operator cholangioscopy/pancreatoscopyThrough the needle microforceps biopsy

Identifiers

PMID34135548
PMCPMC8173383
OpenAlexW3164226210

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