Evidence map›Paper›PMID 38618324›Full record

ArticleCureus2024

Decades Delayed in Diagnosis: Hidradenitis Suppurativa and a Review of Barriers to Care.

Hannah Riva, Aleksi Hendricks, Teresa Yoon, Carlos Del Coro Amengual, Craig Maddox

Open access · diamondAbstract readCase Reports
In one paragraph

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.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
1citing papers in PubMed
0.5field-weighted citation impact, top 34% 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. Article
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 1 country.

Hannah RivaMedical Education, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center Paul L. Foster School of Medicine, El Paso, USA.
Aleksi HendricksDermatology, University of Arizona, Tucson, USA.
Teresa YoonMedical Education, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center Paul L. Foster School of Medicine, El Paso, USA.
Carlos Del Coro AmengualSurgery, Las Palmas Medical Center, El Paso, USA.
Craig MaddoxDermatology, Mountain View Dermatology, El Paso, USA.
Texas Tech University · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We present a case of a 40-year-old female seen on the inpatient general surgery service in consultation for a suspected abdominal wall abscess or seroma. The history and examination were consistent with a diagnosis of hidradenitis suppurativa. The patient had a 25-year history of similar lesions present since her teenage years, not properly investigated and diagnosed, despite presenting with symptoms in multiple clinic and hospital settings since disease onset. As an accurate diagnosis of HS is often missed or delayed for years, it is important to increase awareness and clinical recognition of this condition among providers to improve outcomes for patients with the potentially debilitating disease of HS.

Indexed as

barriers to caredelayed diagnosisdermatologygeneral surgeryhidradenitis suppurativa

Identifiers

PMID38618324
PMCPMC11016318
OpenAlexW4392846254

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
LicenceCC BY
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.