Evidence map›Paper›PMID 41727746›Full record

ArticleClinical case reports2026

A Rare Adolescent Presentation of Morvan Syndrome: Diagnostic Challenges and Therapeutic Response.

Muhammad Umar, Majeed Ullah, Umm E Salma Shabbar Banatwala, Ayesha Afridi, Umama Alam, Okasha Tahir, Fatima Sajjad, Muhammad Abdullah Ali, F N U Noormal, Jibran Ikram

Abstract read
PubMed Full text at PMC Publisher
In one paragraph

Article in Clinical case reports, 2026. 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

10 authors.

Muhammad UmarKhairpur Medical College Khairpur Pakistan.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0005-6292-5177
Majeed UllahHayatabad Medical Complex Peshawar Pakistan.
Umm E Salma Shabbar BanatwalaDow University of Health Sciences Karachi Pakistan.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0007-2915-0634
Ayesha AfridiRiphah International University Islamabad Pakistan.
Umama AlamKhyber Medical College Peshawar Pakistan.
Okasha TahirBacha Khan Medical College Mardan Pakistan.
Fatima SajjadKhyber Medical College Peshawar Pakistan.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0009-8861-0367
Muhammad Abdullah AliKhyber Medical College Peshawar Pakistan.
F N U NoormalKhyber Medical College Peshawar Pakistan.
Jibran IkramCleveland Clinic Foundation Cleveland Ohio USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0003-6653-0661

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Morvan syndrome is a rare autoimmune disorder that predominantly affects adults, but it can also present in adolescents with atypical symptoms. This case of a 17-year-old patient exhibited severe back pain, muscle twitching, visual hallucinations, and hyponatremia, without the thymoma or malignancy commonly observed in adult cases. Early diagnosis and prompt immunotherapy with corticosteroids and plasmapheresis resulted in significant symptom improvement, highlighting the importance of timely intervention in complex neuroimmunological disorders.

Indexed as

autoimmune encephalopathyautoimmune neurological disorderimmunotherapy responseMorvan syndrome

Identifiers

PMID41727746
PMCPMC12920059

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.