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ArticleActa parasitologica2022

A Rare Case of Cysticercosis Involving the Whole Spinal Canal.

Xiaoyan Zheng, Fei Wang, Lei Wang, Xiaoli Li, Jingjing Li, Minjun Huang, Yang Zou

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Article in Acta parasitologica, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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3citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
0.5field-weighted citation impact, top 36% 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

3 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 3 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Xiaoyan ZhengEmergency and Critical Care Center, Beijing Friendship Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China.
Fei WangEmergency and Critical Care Center, Beijing Friendship Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China.
Lei WangEmergency and Critical Care Center, Beijing Friendship Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China.
Xiaoli LiEmergency and Critical Care Center, Beijing Friendship Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China.
Jingjing LiEmergency and Critical Care Center, Beijing Friendship Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China.
Minjun HuangEmergency and Critical Care Center, Beijing Friendship Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China.
Yang ZouEmergency and Critical Care Center, Beijing Friendship Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China. zouyang1027@163.com.
Beijing Friendship Hospital · CNCapital Medical University · CN

Funding

National Natural Science Foundation of China 82001749
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundCysticercosis is the commonest parasitic disease to affect the central nervous system (CNS). However, cysticercosis affecting the spine is extremely rare. We reported a rare case of cysticercosis involving the whole spinal canal in China. CASE PRESENTATION: A rare case of cysticercosis involving the entire spinal cord, in a 52-year-old Chinese man, was detected in 2021. Epidemiological investigation, clinical and etiological examination was performed.

conclusionSince spinal cysticercosis is a rare but potentially life-threatening disease, clinicians should always consider the differential diagnosis of space-occupying lesions.

Indexed as

CysticercosisNeurocysticercosisSpinal Cord DiseasesDiagnosis, DifferentialHumansMaleMiddle AgedSpinal CanalCysticercosisNeurocysticercosisSpinal cysticercosisTaenia solium

Identifiers

PMID34851512
PMCPMC8938355
OpenAlexW3216545776

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