ArticleThe Pan African medical journal2025
Isolated splenic sarcoidosis: an unexpected cause for splenomegaly (a case report).
Article in The Pan African medical journal, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.
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.
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.
Who cites it
0 citing papers in PubMed.
No citing paper in PubMed yet.
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
3 authors.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
Sarcoidosis is an idiopathic disease characterised by non-caseating granulomas affecting all organ systems. Sarcoidosis most commonly affects the lungs in >90% of cases but can present with extra-pulmonary manifestations; however, isolated splenic sarcoidosis is extremely uncommon. Isolated splenic sarcoidosis proves to be even more rare in a region where tuberculosis is endemic and presents with similar clinical manifestations, which makes diagnosis more challenging. This report describes the case of a young female presenting with non-specific abdominal complaints and clinical splenomegaly with unknown cause, and how the patient was worked up and the challenges that were faced in the diagnostic and therapeutic journey. The value of laparoscopic splenectomy is demonstrated, and the need for a combination of clinical, biochemical, radiological and histological modalities.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
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.