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ArticleCureus2024

Silent Rupture in the Inferior Vena Cava: A Complication Not to Be Ignored in the Presence of a Segment I Hydatid Cyst.

Hicham Elmalki, Mehdi Moutawekkil

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Article in Cureus, 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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1citing papers in PubMed
0.4field-weighted citation impact, top 42% 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.

  1. Spontaneous rupture of hepatic hydatid cyst into the inferior vena cava and hepatic vein.Indian journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Hicham ElmalkiCardiothoracic Surgery Department, Laboratory of Anatomy, Microsurgery, and Surgery Experimental and Medical Simulation (LAMCESM), Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, Mohammed First University, Oujda, MAR.
Mehdi MoutawekkilCardiothoracic Surgery Department, Laboratory of Anatomy, Microsurgery, and Surgery Experimental and Medical Simulation (LAMCESM), Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, Mohammed First University, Oujda, MAR.
Premier University · BD

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The presence of a cysto-caval fistula is a serious and rare complication of hepatic hydatid cysts, which can be life-threatening. We report a case of a 22-year-old patient with a segment I hepatic hydatid cyst discovered following scannographic imaging for non-specific abdominal pain. Management consisted of albendazole-based premedication for two weeks, followed by hepatic and venous resection surgery with prosthetic replacement after venous exclusion under extracorporeal circulation. To avoid hemorrhagic and/or embolic complications, it is essential to discuss rare cases of hydatid cysts with intimate contact or invasion of the vena cava in a multidisciplinary setting, to plan repair or reconstruction away from intraoperative surprises that are often fatal for benign pathology.

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complicationextracorporeal circulationhydatid cystinferior vena cava injurymultidisciplinary

Identifiers

PMID38455814
PMCPMC10919200
OpenAlexW4391566058

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