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ArticleCureus2022

Pediatric Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis: An Aggressive Presentation.

Shasikala Suthersan, Fei Ming Ong, Thevagi Maruthamuthu, Chenthilnathan Periasamy, Bee-See Goh

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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.

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1citing papers in PubMed
0.5field-weighted citation impact, top 38% 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, 4 citations in OpenAlex.

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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 2 institutions in 1 country.

Shasikala SuthersanOtorhinolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Medical Centre, Kuala Lumpur, MYS.
Fei Ming OngOtorhinolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, Penang General Hospital, Penang, MYS.
Thevagi MaruthamuthuOtorhinolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, Penang General Hospital, Penang, MYS.
Chenthilnathan PeriasamyOtorhinolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, Penang General Hospital, Penang, MYS.
Bee-See GohOtorhinolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Medical Centre, Kuala Lumpur, MYS.
RCSI & UCD Malaysia Campus · MYUniversity Kebangsaan Malaysia Medical Centre · MY

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Encountering a young child with an enlarging painless facial swelling often raises concerns in the treating physician about the possibility of a congenital lesion or an unfavorable pediatric tumor. We discuss a case of a female child who presented with multiple craniofacial swellings, which turned out to be Langerhans cell histiocytosis (LCH). She was subsequently diagnosed with multisystem LCH (MS-LCH) with risk-organ involvement, which included the craniofacial bones, skin, hemopoietic system, and liver. We analyze the various presentations and systemic complications of this rare pediatric tumor, LCH, with an aim to address the diagnostic dilemma associated with this great masquerader.

Indexed as

imaginglangerhans cell histiocytosis (lch)maxillary sinuspediatrictemporal bone

Identifiers

PMID35812621
PMCPMC9258628
OpenAlexW4282049533

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