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ArticleBMJ case reports2024

Immunoassay interferences: laboratory pitfall in the diagnosis of adrenocortical carcinoma.

Mafalda Martins Ferreira, Carolina Moreno, Patrícia Oliveira, Isabel Paiva

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Article in BMJ case reports, 2024. 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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0cells of the map it votes in
1citing papers in PubMed
0.4field-weighted citation impact, top 41% 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

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

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Mafalda Martins FerreiraEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Centro Hospitalar e Universitário de Coimbra EPE, Coimbra, Portugal mafalda.ferreira@campus.ul.pt.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0005-1260-5570
Carolina MorenoEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Centro Hospitalar e Universitário de Coimbra EPE, Coimbra, Portugal.
Patrícia OliveiraEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Centro Hospitalar e Universitário de Coimbra EPE, Coimbra, Portugal.
Isabel PaivaEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Centro Hospitalar e Universitário de Coimbra EPE, Coimbra, Portugal.
Hospitais da Universidade de Coimbra · PT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A woman in her late 50s with recent onset of hypertension, diabetes, lumbar pain and unintentional weight loss was diagnosed with a cortisol and androgen-producing adrenal mass. Despite this, serum adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH) concentration was inappropriately elevated, which was investigated thoroughly. Investigations included a brain magnetic resonance imaging to exclude concomitant pituitary adenoma, a corticotropin-releasing hormone stimulation test and a gallium-

Indexed as

Adrenal Cortex NeoplasmsAdrenocortical CarcinomaAdrenocorticotropic HormoneFemaleHumansHydrocortisoneImmunoassayMiddle AgedAdrenocorticotropic HormoneHydrocortisoneAdrenal disordersEndocrine cancerMedical educationSurgical oncology

Identifiers

PMID38341198
PMCPMC10862333
OpenAlexW4391723406

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