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ReviewDiagnostic pathology2024

Extradural spinal melanoma: is it primary or metastatic? A case report with a brief review of literature.

Raghav Kapoor, Anurag Mehta, Anila Sharma, Shrinidhi Nathany, Himanshi Diwan, Divya Bansal

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Review in Diagnostic pathology, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
1citing papers in PubMed
0.8field-weighted citation impact, top 27% 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, 2 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. GNAQ mutation in primary spinal melanoma: illustrative case.Journal of neurosurgery. Case lessons · 2025
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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

6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Raghav KapoorRajiv Gandhi Cancer Institute and Research Centre, New Delhi, India. kapoor.raghav1212@gmail.com.
Anurag MehtaRajiv Gandhi Cancer Institute and Research Centre, New Delhi, India.
Anila SharmaRajiv Gandhi Cancer Institute and Research Centre, New Delhi, India.
Shrinidhi NathanyRajiv Gandhi Cancer Institute and Research Centre, New Delhi, India.
Himanshi DiwanRajiv Gandhi Cancer Institute and Research Centre, New Delhi, India.
Divya BansalRajiv Gandhi Cancer Institute and Research Centre, New Delhi, India.
Rajiv Gandhi Cancer Institute and Research Centre · IN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Melanocytic lesions involving the central nervous system are extremely rare and pose a diagnostic challenge owing melanoma being the third most common malignancy metastasizing to the spine. Morphology and immunohistochemistry are identical in both primary and secondary cases, and hence may not help in rendering a final diagnosis. Molecular alterations involving melanomas of the spine and melanomas elsewhere are distinct and help establish the appropriate diagnosis. We report an interesting case where molecular profiling of the tumor tissue helped render the final diagnosis.

Indexed as

MelanomaSkin NeoplasmsHumans

Identifiers

PMID38509523
PMCPMC10953065
OpenAlexW4393006202

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Registered trials

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