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ArticleClinical case reports2021

A case of severe paraneoplastic itch resistant to antihistamines and responding to serotonin reuptake inhibitors.

Ines Werda, Jihene Feki, Souhir Khemiri, Wala Ben Kridis, Afef Khanfir

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Article in Clinical case reports, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
2citing papers in PubMed
0.2field-weighted citation impact, top 41% 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

2 citing papers in PubMed, 1 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Review of Paraneoplastic Syndromes in Children with Malignancy.Medical science monitor : international medical journal of experimental and clinical research · 2025
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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

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Ines WerdaDepartment of Medical Oncology University of Sfax Habib Bourguiba University Hospital Sfax Tunisia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1337-1703
Jihene FekiDepartment of Medical Oncology University of Sfax Habib Bourguiba University Hospital Sfax Tunisia.
Souhir KhemiriDepartment of Medical Oncology University of Sfax Habib Bourguiba University Hospital Sfax Tunisia.
Wala Ben KridisDepartment of Medical Oncology University of Sfax Habib Bourguiba University Hospital Sfax Tunisia.
Afef KhanfirDepartment of Medical Oncology University of Sfax Habib Bourguiba University Hospital Sfax Tunisia.
University of Sfax · TN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This article covers an interesting topic. Paraneoplastic pruritus is rare but can be severe. It can sometimes be resistant to usual treatments. In our case, it was resistant to antihistamines but was relieved by inhibitors of serotonin scrapping.

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antihistaminesparaneoplastic itchserotonin reuptake inhibitors

Identifiers

PMID34257972
PMCPMC8259799
OpenAlexW3180807672

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