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ArticleCase reports in ophthalmology

Intraocular Tuberculosis: A Challenging Case Mimicking Wet Age-Related Macular Degeneration.

Emanuela Interlandi, Francesco Pellegrini, Carlos Pavesio, Marco De Luca, Rocco De Marco, Alessandro Papayannis, Erika Mandarà, Alessandra Cuna, Daniele Cirone, Cristina Ciabattoni and 3 more

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Article in Case reports in ophthalmology. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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0cells of the map it votes in
1citing papers in PubMed
0.4field-weighted citation impact, top 42% 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, 2 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

13 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Emanuela InterlandiDepartment of Ophthalmology, "Ospedale del Mare" Hospital, Naples, Italy.
Francesco PellegriniDepartment of Ophthalmology, "Santo Spirito" Hospital, Pescara, Italy.
Carlos PavesioMoorfields Eye Hospital, NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom.
Marco De LucaDepartment of Ophthalmology, "Ospedale del Mare" Hospital, Naples, Italy.
Rocco De MarcoDepartment of Ophthalmology, "Ospedale del Mare" Hospital, Naples, Italy.
Alessandro PapayannisDepartment of Ophthalmology, "Monfalcone-Gorizia A.S.U.G.I.,", Monfalcone, Italy.
Erika MandaràDepartment of Ophthalmology, "De Gironcoli" Hospital, Conegliano, Italy.
Alessandra CunaDepartment of Ophthalmology, "De Gironcoli" Hospital, Conegliano, Italy.
Daniele CironeDepartment of Ophthalmology, "Villa Anna" Hospital, San Benedetto del Tronto, Italy.
Cristina CiabattoniDepartment of Ophthalmology, "A. Murri" Hospital, Fermo, Italy.
Tatiana LiberaliDepartment of Ophthalmology, "Santo Spirito" Hospital, Pescara, Italy.
Antonio ZappacostaDepartment of Ophthalmology, "Santo Spirito" Hospital, Pescara, Italy.
Loredana LatanzaPrivate Practice "Dr. Latanza,", Naples, Italy.
Ospedale di Santo Spirito · ITMoorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust · GBOspedale di Monfalcone · ITOspedale Sant'Anna · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

An otherwise healthy 72-year-old Chinese patient diagnosed with exudative age-related macular degeneration and decreased vision in left eye was fully investigated. The retrospective analysis of past multimodal imaging revealed bilateral severe choroidal neovascularization and choroiditis associated with a positive tuberculin skin testing and interferon-gamma release assay (QuantiFERON-TB Gold - Cellestis

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Choroidal granulomaChoroidal neovascularizationOcular tuberculosis

Identifiers

PMID34248585
PMCPMC8255741
OpenAlexW3172839716

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