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ArticleCase reports in plastic surgery & hand surgery2021

Human subcutaneous dirofilariasis: the 'migrating' skin tumor.

Michelle Alexandra Mistry, Jens Hoejvig, Marie Helleberg, Christen Rune Stensvold, Pikka Jokelainen, Anders Noehr, Christian Bonde

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Article in Case reports in plastic surgery & hand surgery, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
4citing papers in PubMed
0.5field-weighted citation impact, top 31% 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

4 citing papers in PubMed, 10 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Migratory Soft-Tissue Swelling Owing to Subcutaneous Dirofilariasis.The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene · 2025
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  2. A Rare Case of Dirofilariasis in the Genian Region.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Michelle Alexandra MistryDepartment of Plastic Surgery, Breast Surgery and Burns Treatment, Copenhagen University Teaching Hospital, Rigshospitalet, Denmark.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0144-7413
Jens HoejvigDepartment of Plastic Surgery, Breast Surgery and Burns Treatment, Copenhagen University Teaching Hospital, Rigshospitalet, Denmark.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5592-9229
Marie HellebergDepartment of Infectious Diseases, Copenhagen University Teaching Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2370-1657
Christen Rune StensvoldDepartment of Bacteria, Parasites and Fungi, Infectious Disease Preparedness, Statens Serum Institute, Copenhagen, Denmark.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1417-7048
Pikka JokelainenDepartment of Bacteria, Parasites and Fungi, Infectious Disease Preparedness, Statens Serum Institute, Copenhagen, Denmark.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3035-5094
Anders NoehrDepartment of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery & Audiology, Copenhagen University Teaching Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6316-9303
Christian BondeDepartment of Plastic Surgery, Breast Surgery and Burns Treatment, Copenhagen University Teaching Hospital, Rigshospitalet, Denmark.
Copenhagen University Hospital · DKStatens Serum Institut · DK

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A 46-year-old woman presented with facial pain and discomfort. Diagnosis of subcutaneous dirofilariasis was reached after several months from symptom onset. Dirofilariasis should be suspected, also in non-endemic areas, in patients with a migrating subcutaneous nodule. Plastic surgery is preferred, as the face is often involved.

Indexed as

DirofilariadirofilariasisNorthern Europesubcutaneous nodulesVector-borne diseases

Identifiers

PMID34790837
PMCPMC8592590
OpenAlexW3211338918

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