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ArticleJournal of radiology case reports2021

The CT guided transoral approach: A biopsy technique for a poorly differentiated chordoma in a 5 year old.

Robert D'Ortenzio, Stefano Tolhurst, Melissa Harvey, Ravi Ghag, Manraj Ks Heran

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Article in Journal of radiology case reports, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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8citing papers in PubMed
2.0field-weighted citation impact, top 14% 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

8 citing papers in PubMed, 12 citations in OpenAlex.

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  6. An Unusual Chordoma of the Odontoid Process: A Case Report and Literature Review.Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons. Global research & reviews · 2022
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Robert D'OrtenzioDepartment of Radiology, Vancouver General Hospital, Vancouver, Canada.
Stefano TolhurstDepartment of Radiology, Vancouver General Hospital, Vancouver, Canada.
Melissa HarveyDepartment of Pediatrics, BC Children's Hospital, Vancouver, Canada.
Ravi GhagDepartment of Orthopaedics, BC Children's Hospital, Vancouver, Canada.
Manraj Ks HeranDepartment of Radiology, BC Children's Hospital, Vancouver, Canada.
British Columbia Children's Hospital · CAVancouver General Hospital · CA

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Mass lesions presenting at the craniocervical junction often present a unique challenge due to the complex anatomic arrangement limiting access for tissue diagnosis. The transoral approach has predominantly been used for percutaneous vertebroplasty of high cervical vertebrae with limited literature describing image guided biopsy for bony lesions in this region in the pediatric patient. We describe a technique of computed tomography guided transoral biopsy of a poorly differentiated chordoma located at the C1-C2 level in a 5-year-old child, and review this diagnosis.

Indexed as

Tomography, X-Ray ComputedChild, PreschoolChordomaFemaleHumansImage-Guided BiopsyCT guidedpediatricPoorly differentiated chordomaspinetransoral

Identifiers

PMID34267865
PMCPMC8253149
OpenAlexW3146355663

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