Evidence map›Paper›PMID 38807834›Full record

ArticleCureus2024

A Case of Hypercalcemic-Type Stage IVB Small-Cell Carcinoma of the Ovary in a Young Woman.

Omeed Partovi, Ramsey Rayes, Britta L Bureau, Stephanie Strohbeen, Nisar Asmi

Abstract 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
–field-weighted citation impact
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. 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.

Omeed PartoviDepartment of Internal Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, USA.
Ramsey RayesDepartment of Internal Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, USA.
Britta L BureauDepartment of Neurology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, USA.
Stephanie StrohbeenDepartment of Internal Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, USA.
Nisar AsmiSection of Hospital Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, USA.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A 38-year-old nulliparous woman with severe obesity (BMI 66) and hypertension presented with constipation, fatigue, weakness, and poor appetite that had progressively worsened over the prior two to three weeks. Upon admission, the patient was found to have significant hypercalcemia, leukocytosis, and lactic acidosis. Computed tomography (CT) scan of the chest, abdomen, and pelvis revealed an adnexal mass with extensive lesions throughout her pelvis, abdomen, and chest. An ultrasound-guided omental core biopsy was performed, which was confirmatory for metastatic ovarian small cell carcinoma. Given her poor prognosis and clinical status, chemotherapy was likely to provide minimal benefit and ultimately the patient decided to pursue a comfort-oriented plan of care and passed away on day 9 of admission.

Indexed as

malignancy related hypercalcemiaovary cancerrare cancerssmall cell carcinoma of the ovaryyoung woman

Identifiers

PMID38807834
PMCPMC11132631

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.