Evidence map›Paper›PMID 38638717›Full record

ArticleCureus2024

Clinical Characteristics of Idiopathic Granulomatous Mastitis in a Hispanic Border Population: A Case Series and Literature Review.

Percy M Thomas, Laura R Uribe, Aminadab G Flores, Emilia Dulgheru

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 3 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
3citing papers in PubMed
0.8field-weighted citation impact, top 29% 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

3 citing papers in PubMed, 2 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Article
  2. Review
  3. [Idiopathic granulomatous mastitis: report of 10 cases].The Pan African medical journal · 2025
    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

4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Percy M ThomasInternal Medicine, Doctors Hospital at Renaissance, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, Edinburg, USA.
Laura R UribeInternal Medicine, Doctors Hospital at Renaissance, Edinburg, USA.
Aminadab G FloresInternal Medicine, Doctors Hospital at Renaissance, Edinburg, USA.
Emilia DulgheruRheumatology, Doctors Hospital at Renaissance, Edinburg, USA.
Doctors Hospital · USDoctors Hospital at Renaissance · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Idiopathic granulomatous mastitis (IGM) is an autoimmune condition of the breast that is commonly encountered in women of non-white ethnicity such as Southeast Asians, Middle Easterners, and Hispanics. This condition often presents as a painful breast mass, and many patients undergo invasive diagnostic procedures or surgical excision, which can lead to disfiguring scars. Early recognition and prompt treatment with immunosuppressive medications can prevent invasive workups and management. Although previously thought to require an exclusively surgical approach, it now prompts interdisciplinary management. In this context, we present a case series of patients with IGM in a Hispanic population of South Texas.

Indexed as

autoimmune condition of breastcase report seriesidiopathic granulomatous mastitis (igm)idiopathic mastitis in hispanic femalemastitis

Identifiers

PMID38638717
PMCPMC11025018
OpenAlexW4392956103

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.