Evidence map›Paper›PMID 36405444›Full record

ReviewDigital journal of ophthalmology : DJO2022

Conjunctival Merkel cell carcinoma: case report and review of the literature.

Mai N Tran, Gishan Ratnayake, David Wong, Lindsay A McGrath

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Review in Digital journal of ophthalmology : DJO, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
1citing papers in PubMed
0.4field-weighted citation impact, top 37% 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, 5 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

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Mai N TranDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Princess Alexandra Hospital Raymond Terrace, Brisbane, Australia.
Gishan RatnayakeThe University of Queensland, St Lucia, Brisbane, Australia.
David WongDepartment of Anatomical Pathology, Mater Hospital, Brisbane, Australia.
Lindsay A McGrathThe University of Queensland, St Lucia, Brisbane, Australia.
Princess Alexandra Hospital · AU

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Merkel cell carcinoma (MCC) of the conjunctiva is rare. We report the case of a 73-year-old man who presented with unilateral foreign body sensation and blurred vision. A rapidly enlarging conjunctival lesion was identified and excised. The histopathological diagnosis was poorly differentiated squamous cell carcinoma, later reclassified as neuroendocrine / Merkel cell carcinoma following excision on subsequent recurrence. The patient developed lymph node and widespread metastatic disease. The challenges of diagnosing MCC at this site are discussed and the literature on treatment options for this aggressive disease is reviewed.

Indexed as

Carcinoma, Merkel CellSkin NeoplasmsAgedConjunctivaHumansMale

Identifiers

PMID36405444
PMCPMC9635759
OpenAlexW4287880167

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Registered trials

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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.