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ArticleSAGE open medical case reports2023

Papillary thyroid carcinoma arising from ectopic thyroid tissue in a neck branchial cyst.

Alex Mremi, Gilbert Nkya, Patrick Amsi, Adnan Sadiq, Jay Lodhia, Angela Pallangyo

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Article in SAGE open medical case reports, 2023. 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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2citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
1.0field-weighted citation impact, top 26% 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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 3 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Alex MremiDepartment of Pathology, Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Centre, Moshi, Tanzania.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7226-0168
Gilbert NkyaDepartment of Pathology, Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Centre, Moshi, Tanzania.
Patrick AmsiDepartment of Pathology, Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Centre, Moshi, Tanzania.
Adnan SadiqFaculty of Medicine, Kilimanjaro Christian Medical University College, Moshi, Tanzania.
Jay LodhiaFaculty of Medicine, Kilimanjaro Christian Medical University College, Moshi, Tanzania.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3373-5762
Angela PallangyoDepartment of Pathology, Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Centre, Moshi, Tanzania.
Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Centre · TZ

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A 35-year-old man presented with a right lateral neck mass for 6 years. Thyroid function test was within normal limits. Computed tomography scan of the neck was suggestive of branchial cyst, tuberculous lymphadenopathy and normal thyroid gland. Fine needle aspiration cytology of cervical lymph node was suggestive of metastatic carcinoma. Branchial cystectomy spearing the thyroid gland was undertaken. Histopathology analysis of the resected specimen confirmed it to be papillary thyroid carcinoma originating from ectopic thyroid tissue in a branchial cyst. The patient was scheduled for total thyroidectomy and neck dissection. Unfortunately, he was lost to follow-up. A brief review of the literature regarding this unusual presentation of thyroid cancer has been provided.

Indexed as

Branchial cystectopic thyroidpapillary thyroid carcinomaTanzania

Identifiers

PMID37122428
PMCPMC10134172
OpenAlexW4366537694

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