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ArticleCureus2023

Cerebral Neuroschistosomiasis Presenting as a Brain Mass.

Salma Mustafa, Ahmad S Matarneh, Abdelaziz Mohamed, Abdalla Fadul, Muzamil Musa, Rowaa I Mohamed, Eltayeb Abdallah, Tameem G Mohamed

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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 2 papers.

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2citing papers in PubMed
0.3field-weighted citation impact, top 44% 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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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

2 citing papers in PubMed, 1 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

8 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Salma MustafaInternal Medicine, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, QAT.
Ahmad S MatarnehInternal Medicine, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, QAT.
Abdelaziz MohamedInternal Medicine, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, QAT.
Abdalla FadulInternal Medicine, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, QAT.
Muzamil MusaInternal Medicine, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, QAT.
Rowaa I MohamedRadiology, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, QAT.
Eltayeb AbdallahInternal Medicine, Hamad General Hospital, Doha, QAT.
Tameem G MohamedInternal Medicine, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, QAT.
Hamad General Hospital · QAHamad Medical Corporation · QA

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Neuroschistosomiasis is a rare manifestation of schistosomal infections presenting with cerebral and spinal cord involvement. We reported a case of a 31-year-old woman who presented with a history of headache, dizziness, and nausea. Brain MRI with contrast showed features suggestive of brain lesion with edema, and a serology test for Schistosoma was positive. She was diagnosed with neuroschistosomiasis and treated with intravenous steroids followed by praziquantel resulting in a significant regression of the brain mass. Cerebral neuroschistosomiasis is a rare complication of Schistosoma infection, and clinicians should consider it among the differential diagnosis of unexplained brain lesions.

Indexed as

brain lesionheadacheneuroschistosomiasisparasite infectionschistosoma

Identifiers

PMID37854757
PMCPMC10581503
OpenAlexW4386812315

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