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ArticleCureus2023

Malignant Carotid Paraganglioma: A Case Report.

Maani M Archang, Seung Lee, Ismail Ziu, William Clifton, David A Miller, Mark E Jentoft, Jeffrey R Janus

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Article in Cureus, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1citing papers in PubMed
1.0field-weighted citation impact, top 24% 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, 3 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

7 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Maani M ArchangOtolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, USA.
Seung LeeNeurological Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, USA.
Ismail ZiuNeurosurgery, Ascension Medical Group St Vincent's Spine & Brain, Jacksonville, USA.
William CliftonCenter for Spine Health, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, USA.
David A MillerRadiology, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, USA.
Mark E JentoftLaboratory Medicine and Pathology, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, USA.
Jeffrey R JanusOtolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, USA.
Cleveland Clinic · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Carotid body tumors (CBTs) are rare neoplasms of the neuroectoderm accounting for 0.6% of head and neck tumors, with a 2%-12.5% risk of malignancy. While surgical resection has been associated with a high rate of neurologic and vascular complications, it remains the mainstay of treatment for malignant CBTs. We present the case of a 40-year-old female with a 5-year history of progressively enlarging right-sided neck mass, with MRI and MRA showing a Shamblin grade III CBT encasement of the internal carotid artery (ICA). Blood flow was absent in the petrous segment of ICA, with great collateralization of brain blood supply, enabling en bloc resection of the tumor with a carotid bulb and ligation of the common carotid artery (CCA) without vascular reconstruction. Further, we describe the characteristics and current management for malignant CBTs, including surgical management, pre-surgical embolization, and adjuvant radiation therapy.

Indexed as

carotid body tumorcarotid paragangliomainternal carotid artery ligationmalignant paragangliomapresurgical embolization

Identifiers

PMID37575766
PMCPMC10416671
OpenAlexW4384069872

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