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ArticleCureus2022

Pure Androgen-Secreting Radiologically Suspicious Adrenal Mass: Benign or Malignant?

Chaitra Gopinath, Suman Shekar, Madan Acharya, Vishwanath Pattan, Vishnu Sundaresh

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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 2 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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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, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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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.

Chaitra GopinathDiabetes and Endocrinology, Kansas City University, Kansas City, USA.
Suman ShekarMedical Center Primary Care, University of Kentucky Bowling Green Campus, Bowling Green, USA.
Madan AcharyaCardiology, Unity Point Health, Des Moines, USA.
Vishwanath PattanDiabetes and Endocrinology, Upstate University Hospital, Syracuse, USA.
Vishnu SundareshDivision of Endocrinology, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, USA.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Pure androgen-secreting adrenocortical tumors (PASATs) are rare entities. Their clinical presentations include virilizing features that vary based on age and gender. The pathogenesis of this tumor is still unclear, with around 50% of such tumors being malignant. Imaging characteristics of the tumor on CT/MRI including size, heterogenicity, and contrast wash-out time are used to predict malignancy. Surgical excision is recommended for all functional adrenal tumors. In this report, we discuss a case of a 68-year-old postmenopausal female presenting with hyperandrogenism and was found to have a 7-cm, PASAT that raised suspicion for malignancy on CT scan, but was determined to be benign on surgical pathology.

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adrenal massadrenocortical tumorsdhea-shyperandrogenismtestosterone

Identifiers

PMID35898370
PMCPMC9308385

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