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ArticleJournal of neurosurgery. Case lessons2023

Spontaneous rupture of an arachnoid cyst in an adult: illustrative case.

Lydia A Leavitt, Pranav Nanda, Anat Stemmer-Rachamimov, Gavin P Dunn, Pamela S Jones

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Article in Journal of neurosurgery. Case lessons, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
2citing papers in PubMed
0.9field-weighted citation impact, top 31% 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.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed, 6 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Article
  2. Spontaneous rupture of an arachnoid cyst with subdural hygroma formation: a rare case report and literature review.Child's nervous system : ChNS : official journal of the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery · 2026
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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 2 institutions in 1 country.

Lydia A Leavitt1University of Illinois College of Medicine, Rockford, Illinois; and.
Pranav NandaDepartments of2Neurosurgery and.
Anat Stemmer-Rachamimov3Pathology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts.
Gavin P DunnDepartments of2Neurosurgery and.
Pamela S JonesDepartments of2Neurosurgery and.
Massachusetts General Hospital · USIllinois College · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundArachnoid cysts are common intracranial mass lesions frequently discovered as incidental findings on radiographic imaging. It is routine practice to monitor these lesions as a large majority remain stable. Although traumatic cyst rupture is a known risk, it is rare for patients to present with spontaneous rupture. OBSERVATIONS: The authors report the case of a 32-year-old patient who required emergent neurosurgical intervention for spontaneous rupture of a left hemispheric arachnoid cyst. LESSONS: Patients with ruptured arachnoid cysts can present with vague, nonspecific symptoms that may delay diagnosis. If not diagnosed and treated promptly, arachnoid cyst rupture can progress to a neurosurgical emergency as the subdural collection may cause extensive mass effect and even cerebral herniation.

Indexed as

arachnoid cystintracystic hemorrhagespontaneous rupture

Identifiers

PMID38015025
PMCPMC10550604
OpenAlexW4320497794

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