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ArticleCureus2021

Spinal Subdural Abscess Mimicking an Extradural Tumor: A Case Report.

Nikolay A Konovalov, Stanislav Kaprovoy, Dmitry Asyutin, Petr Zelenkov, Evgeny Brinyuk

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Article in Cureus, 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
0.4field-weighted citation impact, top 35% 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, 3 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Spinal Subdural Abscess in the Emergency Department: A Rare Diagnosis in an Immunocompetent Host.Journal of the American College of Emergency Physicians open · 2026
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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.

Nikolay A KonovalovDepartment of Spinal and Peripheral Nerve Surgery, Burdenko Neurosurgical Center, Moscow, RUS.
Stanislav KaprovoyDepartment of Spinal and Peripheral Nerve Surgery, Burdenko Neurosurgical Center, Moscow, RUS.
Dmitry AsyutinDepartment of Spinal and Peripheral Nerve Surgery, Burdenko Neurosurgical Center, Moscow, RUS.
Petr ZelenkovDepartment of Spinal and Peripheral Nerve Surgery, Burdenko Neurosurgical Center, Moscow, RUS.
Evgeny BrinyukDepartment of Spinal and Peripheral Nerve Surgery, Burdenko Neurosurgical Center, Moscow, RUS.
Burdenko Neurosurgery Institute · RU

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Spinal subdural abscesses (SSAs) are rare pathologies presenting as encapsulated pus located intradurally and extramedullary. Although there is no uniform opinion on the cause of this pathology, approximately 50% of cases are attributed to

Indexed as

extradural tumors. aureusspinal abscess surgeryspinal subdural abscess

Identifiers

PMID34868753
PMCPMC8627219
OpenAlexW3209797187

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