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ArticleChest2026

Head and Neck Dystonia With a Posterior Mediastinal Mass.

Kevin C McGann, Hudson M Holmes, Rhonda Pinkerman, Connor Hartzell, Samuel D James, Eric L Grogan, Caitlin T Demarest

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Article in Chest, 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

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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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

0 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Kevin C McGannDepartments of Thoracic Surgery, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN. Electronic address: Kevin.mcgann@vumc.org.
Hudson M HolmesDepartments of Thoracic Surgery, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN.
Rhonda PinkermanDepartments of Thoracic Surgery, Veteran Affairs Tennessee Valley Healthcare System, Nashville, TN.
Connor HartzellPathology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN.
Samuel D JamesPathology, Veteran Affairs Tennessee Valley Healthcare System, Nashville, TN.
Eric L GroganDepartments of Thoracic Surgery, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN; Departments of Thoracic Surgery, Veteran Affairs Tennessee Valley Healthcare System, Nashville, TN.
Caitlin T DemarestDepartments of Thoracic Surgery, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN; Departments of Thoracic Surgery, Veteran Affairs Tennessee Valley Healthcare System, Nashville, TN.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

case presentationA 65-year-old man with a history of paroxysmal atrial fibrillation, OSA, and remote cigarette smoking was referred to the Thoracic Surgery clinic for a posterior mediastinal mass in the setting of progressively debilitating neurologic symptoms of the face and neck.

Indexed as

DystoniaMediastinal NeoplasmsAgedDiagnosis, DifferentialHumansMagnetic Resonance ImagingMaleTomography, X-Ray Computedganglioneuromaidiopathic Parkinson syndromelung resectionnerve sheath tumorsposterior mediastinal mass

Identifiers

PMID42264578
PMCPMC13269679

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