Evidence map›Paper›PMID 35665399›Full record

ArticleJournal of surgical case reports2022

Benign pituitary adenoma with multiple intracranial metastases-a case report and review of the literature.

Ummey Hani, Quratulain Tariq, Amman Bari, Saad Bin Anis, Asad Diwan

Open access · goldAbstract readCase Reports
In one paragraph

Article in Journal of surgical case reports, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
0citing papers in PubMed
–field-weighted citation impact, top 88% 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

0 citing papers in PubMed, 0 citations in OpenAlex.

No citing paper in PubMed yet.

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 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Ummey HaniSection of Neurosurgery, Department of Surgery, Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi, Pakistan.
Quratulain TariqSection of Neurosurgery, Department of Surgery, Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi, Pakistan.
Amman BariUniversity of Western Australia, School of Medicine, Perth, Australia.
Saad Bin AnisDepartment of Surgery, Section of Neurosurgery, Shaukat Khanum Hospital, Lahore, Pakistan.
Asad DiwanDepartment of Histopathology, The Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi, Pakistan.
Aga Khan University Hospital · PKShaukat Khanum Memorial Cancer Hospital and Research Center · PKUniversity of Western Australia · AU

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Metastatic benign pituitary adenomas (PAs), also known as pituitary carcinomas (PCs), represent 0.1-0.2% of all intracranial lesions. They are rare and challenging pathologies. We present the case of a 34-year-old female, who presented to the clinic with headache and visual loss. She was diagnosed with PA with multiple extra-axial metastases. Debulking and biopsy of the lesions was done. Postoperatively, there was gross residual disease, and the patient's visual disturbances did not improve. Only 165 cases of PCs have been reported in the current literature. Existing consensus on management of these uncommon lesions is based on trial and previously published case reports and surgery appears to be the only definitive treatment. Further research regarding any non-surgical expectant management is warranted.

Identifiers

PMID35665399
PMCPMC9155169
OpenAlexW4282914305

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
LicenceCC BY-NC
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.