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ArticleCureus2023

A Para-Scrotal Pleomorphic Liposarcoma Mimicking As Another Scrotum (Pseudo-Scrotum): A Case Report.

Kavita Jadhav, Rajalakshmi Venkateswaran, Ravi Landge, Akshay Kadam, Rihan Rashid

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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
0.3field-weighted citation impact, top 35% 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

1 citing paper 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

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Kavita JadhavGeneral Surgery, Grant Government Medical College and Sir JJ Group of Hospitals, Mumbai, IND.
Rajalakshmi VenkateswaranGeneral Surgery, Grant Government Medical College and Sir JJ Group of Hospitals, Mumbai, IND.
Ravi LandgeGeneral Surgery, Grant Government Medical College and Sir JJ Group of Hospitals, Mumbai, IND.
Akshay KadamGeneral Surgery, Grant Government Medical College and Sir JJ Group of Hospitals, Mumbai, IND.
Rihan RashidGeneral Surgery, Grant Government Medical College and Sir JJ Group of Hospitals, Mumbai, IND.
Grant Medical College and Sir Jamshedjee Jeejeebhoy Group of Hospitals · IN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Liposarcomas are a subtype of soft tissue sarcomas arising from lipoblasts, a mesenchymal cell lineage that commonly arises from deep tissues of the body. Though these are the most common subtypes, their early diagnosis still remains a challenge due to their varied presentation as a soft benign appearing growth. The pleomorphic variant has complex management due to its high recurrence rate and resistance to chemoradiation. Scrotal liposarcomas have been reported. But in the present case, a 69-year-old male who presented with a pedunculated swelling in the left groin mimicking a left hemi-scrotal swelling. It was a left para-scrotal pleomorphic liposarcoma which was totally extra-scrotal, and not related to the spermatic cord or testes. So, this is a rare case with a review of the literature presented here.

Indexed as

pleomorphic liposarcomapseudoscrotumradical surgeryradiotherapysoft tissue sarcoma

Identifiers

PMID37937002
PMCPMC10626208
OpenAlexW4387402688

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