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ArticleBMJ case reports2023

Metastatic paraganglioma.

Daniela Harmsworth, Andrew Mallia, James DeGaetano, Paul John Cassar

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Article in BMJ case reports, 2023. 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
0.6field-weighted citation impact, top 33% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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, 2 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Daniela HarmsworthMedicine, Mater Dei Hospital, Msida, Malta daniela.balzan@gov.mt.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0690-8920
Andrew MalliaRadiology, Mater Dei Hospital, Msida, Malta.
James DeGaetanoHistopathology, Mater Dei Hospital, Msida, Malta.
Paul John CassarMedicine, Mater Dei Hospital, Msida, Malta.
Mater Dei Hospital · MT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A man in his 70s, with a history of a glomus jugulare paraganglioma diagnosed 18 years ago, presented with an unprovoked deep vein thrombosis (DVT). The paraganglioma had been treated by radiotherapy, and yearly scans had not shown any progression since treatment. A sclerotic focus in L4 vertebral body was reported on a CT scan of the neck and trunk which was done to exclude a neoplastic process being the precipitating factor for the DVT. Nuclear imaging showed multiple areas of bony uptake, suggestive of metastases. A bone biopsy of the left femur resulted positive for metastatic paraganglioma. A monthly intramuscular injection of octreotide 30 mg was prescribed.

Indexed as

Glomus Jugulare TumorNeoplasms, Second PrimaryParagangliomaAgedHumansMaleTomography, X-Ray ComputedVenous ThrombosisHead and neck cancerRadiology

Identifiers

PMID36653043
PMCPMC9853136
OpenAlexW4317478992

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Registered trials

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