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ArticleCureus2023

B-Lymphoblastic Lymphoma Isolated to the Testes: A Case Report and Review of Literature.

Aimee Daccache, Edwin Feghali, Krystel Chedid, Kahlil Saad, Jack Staddon

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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
1.0field-weighted citation impact, top 22% 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

2 citing papers in PubMed, 4 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 1 institution in 2 countries.

Aimee DaccachePediatrics, University of Kansas School of Medicine-Wichita, Wichita, USA.
Edwin FeghaliInternal Medicine, Lebanese American University School of Medicine, Beirut, LBN.
Krystel ChedidPediatrics, University of Kansas School of Medicine-Wichita, Wichita, USA.
Kahlil SaadUrology, University of Kansas School of Medicine-Wichita, Wichita, USA.
Jack StaddonPediatric Hematology/Oncology, University of Kansas School of Medicine-Wichita, Wichita, USA.
Wichita State University · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Isolated testicular involvement in pediatric lymphoma is rare and poses diagnostic challenges. In this study, the case of an isolated testicular B-lymphoblastic lymphoma in a 9-year-old boy is discussed with an emphasis on the difficulties in diagnosing and treating such an unusual presentation. This example illustrates the importance of considering lymphoblastic lymphoma in the differential diagnosis of an unidentified source of testicular enlargement. Furthermore, it highlights the possible efficacy of systemic chemotherapy with or without surgical excision. The article advances our knowledge of this unusual clinical situation.

Indexed as

b lymphoblastic lymphomachemotherapypediatric oncologytesticular lymphomatesticular mass

Identifiers

PMID38288218
PMCPMC10823207
OpenAlexW4390398400

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