Evidence map›Paper›PMID 34641815›Full record

ArticleBMC neurology2021

Multiple cerebral infarctions associated with lung cancer-induced hypereosinophilia: a case report.

Maki Ozaki, Tomoo Mano, Nobuyuki Eura, Kazuhide Horimoto, Masato Takano, Chiho Ohbayashi, Kazuma Sugie

Open access · goldAbstract readCase Reports
In one paragraph

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

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
2citing papers in PubMed
0.2field-weighted citation impact, top 46% 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, 2 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Article
  2. Article
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

7 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Maki OzakiDepartment of Neurology, Nara Medical University School of Medicine Graduate School of Medicine, 840 Shijo-Cho, Kashihara, Nara, 634-8522, Japan.
Tomoo ManoDepartment of Neurology, Nara Medical University School of Medicine Graduate School of Medicine, 840 Shijo-Cho, Kashihara, Nara, 634-8522, Japan. manoneuro@naramed-u.ac.jp.
Nobuyuki EuraDepartment of Neurology, Nara Medical University School of Medicine Graduate School of Medicine, 840 Shijo-Cho, Kashihara, Nara, 634-8522, Japan.
Kazuhide HorimotoSecond Department of Internal Medicine, Nara Medical University School of Medicine Graduate School of Medicine, 840 Shijo-Cho, Kashihara, Nara, 634-8522, Japan.
Masato TakanoDepartment of Diagnostic Pathology, Nara Medical University School of Medicine Graduate School of Medicine, 840 Shijo-Cho, Kashihara, Nara, 634-8522, Japan.
Chiho OhbayashiDepartment of Diagnostic Pathology, Nara Medical University School of Medicine Graduate School of Medicine, 840 Shijo-Cho, Kashihara, Nara, 634-8522, Japan.
Kazuma SugieDepartment of Neurology, Nara Medical University School of Medicine Graduate School of Medicine, 840 Shijo-Cho, Kashihara, Nara, 634-8522, Japan.
Nara Medical University · JP

Funding

Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science, and Technology of Japan KAKENHI No. 20K19453
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundHypereosinophilia (HE) is caused by various conditions, including solid and hematologic tumors. Nonetheless, there exist no reports on cerebral infarctions caused by HE associated with lung cancer metastasis to the bone marrow. CASE PRESENTATION: We report a case of a 67-year-old man with multiple cerebral infarctions associated with HE. His white blood cell and eosinophil counts were 38,900/μL and 13,600/μL, respectively, at 4 weeks before admission. During treatment for HE, he presented with dysarthria and walking difficulties. Magnetic resonance imaging of the brain showed multiple small infarcts in regions such as the bilateral cortex, watershed area, and cerebellum. Chest computed tomography showed small nodes in the lung and enlargement of the left hilar lymph nodes. Bronchoscopic biopsy did not reveal a tumor; however, bone marrow biopsy showed infiltration of tumor cells. We considered a diagnosis of lung cancer metastasizing to the bone marrow, which induced HE and later caused cerebral infarctions.

conclusionsThis case report demonstrates that metastatic cancer in the bone marrow can induce HE, which can consequently cause multiple cerebral infarctions. Clinicians should consider HE as a cause of multiple cerebral infarctions in patients with cancer.

Indexed as

Lung NeoplasmsAgedBrainCerebral InfarctionHumansMagnetic Resonance ImagingMaleTomography, X-Ray ComputedCerebral infarctionHypereosinophiliaLung cancerWatershed area

Identifiers

PMID34641815
PMCPMC8513168
OpenAlexW3207039764

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
LicenceCC BY
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.