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ReviewJournal of the Belgian Society of Radiology2026

Jacques Malghem, Bruno Vande Berg, Benoît Lengelé, Frédéric Lecouvet

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Review in Journal of the Belgian Society of Radiology, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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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

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.

Jacques MalghemDepartment of Medical Imaging, Cliniques Universitaires Saint Luc, UCLouvain, Brussels, Belgium.
Bruno Vande BergDepartment of Radiology, CHC Mont Legia, Liège, Belgium.
Benoît LengeléDepartment of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery, Cliniques Universitaires Saint Luc, UCLouvain, Brussels, Belgium.
Frédéric LecouvetDepartment of Medical Imaging, Cliniques Universitaires Saint Luc, UCLouvain, Brussels, Belgium.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Human dirofilariasis is caused by infection with a parasite relatively common in dogs. Occasional transmission of larvae to humans occurs via an insect bite and development of an immature worm at the bite site. The disease, once confined to southern Europe, is becoming increasingly widespread, particularly due to global warming. Clinical signs are nonspecific and laboratory findings usually normal. Imaging shows pseudotumor features also nonspecific on computed tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans. Ultrasound may suggest the diagnosis by the presence of double echogenic 'rail' images. However, only spontaneous motility of the parasite observation can confirm the diagnosis.

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Dirofilariahuman dirofilariasisimagingparasitesoft tissues tumorultrasound

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PMID41909165
PMCPMC13025202

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