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ArticleClinical case reports2023

Tetraplegic spinal cord injury as a presentation of multiple myeloma: A case report.

Leon Edward Smith, Vicky Ying Li, Simon Chan

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Article in Clinical 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 28% 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, 2 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

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Leon Edward SmithDepartment of Rehabilitation and Aged Care Hornsby and Ku-ring-gai Hospital Hornsby New South Wales Australia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7024-9731
Vicky Ying LiDepartment of Rehabilitation and Aged Care Hornsby and Ku-ring-gai Hospital Hornsby New South Wales Australia.
Simon ChanDepartment of Rehabilitation and Aged Care Hornsby and Ku-ring-gai Hospital Hornsby New South Wales Australia.
Hornsby Ku-ring-gai Hospital · AU

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Spinal cord injury is a devastating complication of cancers that exert physical compression on the spinal cord. Multiple myeloma is known predominantly as a condition that involves bony structures and can manifest with complications such as pathological fractures. However, involvement of other structures including spinal cord is a possible complication, with potentially catastrophic consequences. We describe a case of multiple myeloma presenting initially as severe paraplegia secondary to spinal cord compression in a 79-year-old man.

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case reportsmultiple myelomaspinal cord injury

Identifiers

PMID37469367
PMCPMC10352540
OpenAlexW4384701374

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