Evidence map›Paper›PMID 40421493›Full record

ArticleEuropean journal of breast health2025

Breast Lymphedema Secondary to Lymph Node Tuberculosis: Case Report.

Elena Vaquero-Ramiro, Ana Belén Puentes-Gutiérrez, Laura Millán-Casas, María García-Bascones

Abstract read
In one paragraph

Article in European journal of breast health, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
0citing 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

0 citing papers in PubMed.

No citing paper in PubMed yet.

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.

Elena Vaquero-RamiroDepartment of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Hospital Virgen de la Luz, Cuenca, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-7221-9701
Ana Belén Puentes-GutiérrezDepartment of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Hospital Universitario de Toledo, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-0648-1461
Laura Millán-CasasDepartment of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Hospital Universitario La Mancha Centro, Alcázar de San Juan, Ciudad Real, Spain.ORCID 0000-0001-8510-1334
María García-BasconesDepartment of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Hospital Universitario de Toledo, Spain.ORCID 0009-0005-3404-4946

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Breast lymphedema is a common but underdiagnosed condition that affects the quality of life of patients. It may be caused by any pathology that disrupts lymphatic drainage in the breast. We present the case of a woman with axillary lymph node tuberculous infection with breast edema, clinically and radiographically indistinguishable from tuberculous mastitis. After six months of comprehensive antituberculosis pharmacological treatment, the persistence of breast edema required repeating diagnostic tests searching for malignancy, all of which were negative. Rehabilitation treatment with complex physical therapy improved the patient's clinical and symptomatic condition. Clinical suspicion of secondary lymphedema is crucial to avoid unnecessary diagnostic procedures and ensure adequate and timely treatment.

Indexed as

breast diseaseextrapulmonary tuberculosisLymphedemamastitistuberculosis

Identifiers

PMID40421493
PMCPMC12180105

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
LicenceCC BY-NC-ND
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.