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ArticleDiagnostics (Basel, Switzerland)2025

MRI Detection of Unknown Primary Tumours in the Head and Neck: What Is the Expected Normal Asymmetry in the Size of the Palatine Tonsils?

Kaijing Mao, Qi Yong H Ai, Kuo Feng Hung, Irene O L Tse, Ho Sang Leung, Yannis Yan Liang, Yu Chen, Lun M Wong, W K Jacky Lam, Ann D King

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Article in Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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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

2 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

  1. Pooled it
  2. Advances in Diagnosis and Treatment in Otolaryngology.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 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

10 authors.

Kaijing MaoDepartment of Health Technology and Informatics, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong SAR, China.ORCID 0009-0002-3353-7704
Qi Yong H AiDepartment of Health Technology and Informatics, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong SAR, China.ORCID 0000-0002-1155-4389
Kuo Feng HungApplied Oral Sciences & Community Dental Care, Faculty of Dentistry, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China.ORCID 0000-0002-3971-3484
Irene O L TseDepartment of Chemical Pathology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, New Territories, Hong Kong SAR, China.
Ho Sang LeungDepartment of Imaging and Interventional Radiology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, New Territories, Hong Kong SAR, China.ORCID 0000-0003-0503-8510
Yannis Yan LiangDepartment of Health Technology and Informatics, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong SAR, China.
Yu ChenDepartment of Radiology, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Dong Cheng District, Beijing 100730, China.
Lun M WongDepartment of Imaging and Interventional Radiology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, New Territories, Hong Kong SAR, China.ORCID 0000-0002-6047-4609
W K Jacky LamDepartment of Chemical Pathology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, New Territories, Hong Kong SAR, China.ORCID 0000-0001-8922-5609
Ann D KingDepartment of Imaging and Interventional Radiology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, New Territories, Hong Kong SAR, China.

Funding

Polytechnic University for the DEA or Start-up Fund for New Recruits Ref. P0039027
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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head and neck cancer detectionMRItonsillar asymmetry

Identifiers

PMID40150130
PMCPMC11941204

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