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ArticleTropical parasitology

Acute appendicitis secondary to

Surbhi J Patel, Priya Pathak, Poornachandra Thejeswi, Manisha Bandari

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Article in Tropical parasitology. 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
0.8field-weighted citation impact, top 29% 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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed, 4 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 2 institutions in 1 country.

Surbhi J PatelDepartment of Pathology, Kasturba Medical College, Mangalore, MAHE, Manipal, Karnataka, India.
Priya PathakDepartment of Pathology, Kasturba Medical College, Mangalore, MAHE, Manipal, Karnataka, India.
Poornachandra ThejeswiDepartment of Surgery, Kasturba Medical College, Mangalore, MAHE, Manipal, Karnataka, India.
Manisha BandariDepartment of Surgery, Kasturba Medical College, Mangalore, MAHE, Manipal, Karnataka, India.
Kasturba Medical College, MangaloreKasturba Medical College, Manipal · IN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Acute appendicitis secondary to amoebic infestation is a rare possibility, especially in endemic areas. If left untreated, significant postoperative morbidity and mortality can result from the spread of amoebic trophozoites and subsequent tissue reaction. Histopathological examination of the resected appendix with demonstration of invasion by the parasite is mandatory for establishing a diagnosis. Careful examination of the specimen is thus of paramount importance.

Indexed as

AppendicitisEntamoeba histolyticahistopathology

Identifiers

PMID37860607
PMCPMC10583783
OpenAlexW4387798838

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