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ReviewInsights into imaging2019

Vascular tumors in infants and adolescents.

Moritz Wildgruber, Maliha Sadick, René Müller-Wille, Walter A Wohlgemuth

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In one paragraph

Review in Insights into imaging, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 46 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
46citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
12.4field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
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

46 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 108 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Pooled it
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  3. Imaging characteristics of parotid gland juvenile capillary hemangioma: A Retrospective analysis of 35 pathologically confirmed cases.European archives of oto-rhino-laryngology : official journal of the European Federation of Oto-Rhino-Laryngological Societies (EUFOS) : affiliated with the German Society for Oto-Rhino-Laryngology - Head and Neck Surgery · 2026
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  5. Vascular Vexation: The Diagnostic Journey of an Adolescent Tongue Swelling.International journal of clinical pediatric dentistry · 2026
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  8. Management Approach of Vascular Anomalies of Head and Neck Region: A Clinical Study in Tertiary Care Center.Indian journal of otolaryngology and head and neck surgery : official publication of the Association of Otolaryngologists of India · 2025
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  10. Vulvar Hemangioma: A Review.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025
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  16. Imaging of Vascular Anomalies.Seminars in interventional radiology · 2024
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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 at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Moritz WildgruberInstitut für Klinische Radiologie, Universitätsklinikum Münster, Albert-Schweitzer Campus 1, 48149, Münster, Germany. moritz.wildgruber@ukmuenster.de.
Maliha SadickInstitut für Klinische Radiologie und Nuklearmedizin, Universitätsmedizin Mannheim, Theodor-Kutzer-Ufer 1-3, 68167, Mannheim, Germany.
René Müller-WilleInstitut für Diagnostische und Interventionelle Radiologie, Universitätsmedizin Göttingen, Robert-Koch Strasse 40, 37075, Göttingen, Germany.
Walter A WohlgemuthUniversitätsklinik und Poliklinik für Radiologie, Ernst-Grube-Strasse 40, 06120, Halle (Saale), Germany.
Universitätsmedizin Göttingen · DEUniversity Hospital Heidelberg · DEUniversity Hospital in Halle · DEUniversity Hospital Münster · DE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Malignant vascular tumors as part of the vascular anomalies spectrum are extremely rare in children and young adults. Instead, benign vascular neoplasias are frequently encountered in the pediatric patient population. While vascular malformations are congenital vascular lesions, originating from a mesenchymal stem cell defect, vascular tumors are neoplastic transformations of endothelial and other vascular cells. The appropriate differential diagnosis and nomenclature according to the classification of the International Society for the Study of Vascular Anomalies (ISSVA) is decisive to initiate correct therapy. While infantile hemangioma can be routinely diagnosed by clinical means and rarely require therapy, more rare vascular tumors are frequently difficult to diagnose, require dedicated cross-sectional imaging, and benefit from an interdisciplinary treatment approach. The focus of this review is to provide an overview over the spectrum of vascular tumors, typical imaging characteristics, and summarize treatment options including interventional radiology approaches.

Indexed as

HemangiomaImagingVascular anomaliesVascular tumor

Identifiers

PMID30868300
PMCPMC6419671
OpenAlexW2942887785

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