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ArticleCureus2022

Extensive Workup on Early-Onset Fibromyalgia: A Case Report.

Guy Treves, Mustaqueem Qazi

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

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
1citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
0.1field-weighted citation impact, top 56% 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

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

  1. Pooled it
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

2 authors at 1 institution in 2 countries.

Guy TrevesMedicine, St. George's University School of Medicine, True Blue, GRD.
Mustaqueem QaziInternal Medicine, Desert Oasis Healthcare, Indio, USA.
Casio (Japan) · JP

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This case report details a unique case of fibromyalgia manifested at a very early age, and the patient's suffering as a result of mis- and under-diagnosis of her condition for over a decade. For most of her life, the patient has had seemingly unrelated bouts of pain, neurological conditions, and psychiatric disturbances, and has seen numerous specialists for these conditions to no avail. The lengthy history discussion and physical examination findings, detailed in this report, revealed a progressive disease course. Providing the patient with drafts of the compiled history and data has encouraged her to reseek specialist care. With this revealed history, physical examination information, and lab results, progress has been made to diagnose and treat the patient's numerous conditions. In addition to the unique fibromyalgia presentation, the case report provides compelling justification for physicians to consider broad differential diagnoses, engage in patient-centered discussion about treatment progression, and to strengthen and maintain the patient-provider relationship.

Indexed as

autoimmuneautoimmune potsearly onset fibromyalgiafibromyalgiaunusual presentation

Identifiers

PMID35242479
PMCPMC8884524
OpenAlexW4210391609

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Registered trials

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